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. 2021 Sep 24;12(9):808–822. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v12.i9.808

Table 2.

Distribution of demographic and imaging parameters based on molecular subtype


Total (n = 328)
DCIS (n = 53)
Luminal A (n = 139)
Luminal B (n = 38)
Her2 enriched (n = 50)
Triple negative (n = 48)
Mean age 61.1 ± 11.75 59.1 ± 11.67 61.8 ± 11.80 60.2 ± 12.23 62.0 ± 9.63 61.3 ± 12.60
Presentation
Clinic 237 (72%) 29 (55%) 98 (71%) 28 (74%) 36 (72%) 46 (96%)
Screening 91 (28%) 24 (45%) 41 (29%) 10 (26%) 14 (28%) 2 (4%)
Mass 200 (61%) 14 (26%) 91 (65%) 29 (76%) 29 (58%) 37 (77%)
Architectural distortion 17 (6%) 7 (13%) 10 (7%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Asymmetry 40 (12%) 6 (11%) 16 (12%) 3 (8%) 9 (18%) 6 (13%)
High-risk microcalcifications 105 (32%) 27 (51%) 33 (24%) 12 (32%) 24 (48%) 9 (19%)
Tumor size (on USG)
< 20 136 (41%) 22 (42%) 71 (51%) 20 (53%) 19 (38%) 4 (8%)
≥ 20 154 (47%) 9 (17%) 55 (40%) 17 (45%) 29 (58%) 44 (92%)
Margins (on USG)
Spiculated 100 (30%) 5 (9%) 63 (45%) 12 (32%) 8 (16%) 8 (17%)
Microlobulated 174 (60%) 23 (43%) 59 (42%) 25 (66%) 40 (80%) 29 (60%)
Circumscribed 16 (5%) 3 (6%) 4 (3%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 11 (23%)
Echogenicity (on USG)
Heterogeneous 144 (44%) 13 (25%) 58 (42%) 19 (50%) 28 (56%) 26 (54%)
Homogenous 146 (45%) 18 (34%) 68 (49%) 18 (47%) 20 (40%) 22 (46%)
Posterior acoustic features
Shadow 74 (23%) 5 (9%) 49 (35%) 10 (26%) 4 (8%) 6 (13%)
Enhancement 85 (26%) 5 (9%) 23 (17%) 8 (21%) 6 (32%) 33 (69%)
Mixed 36 (11%) 5 (9%) 15 (11%) 3 (8%) 9 (18%) 4 (8%)
None 95 (29%) 16 (30%) 39 (28%) 16 (42%) 19 (38%) 5 (10%)
Adler’s vascularity
High (Grade II & III) 81 (25%) 7 (13%) 22 (16%) 11 (29%) 21 (42%) 20 (42%)
Low (Grade I) 209 (64%) 24 (45%) 104 (75%) 26 (68%) 27 (54%) 28 (58%)
Axillary nodes
Present 56 (17%) 0 (0%) 25 (18%) 1 (3%) 14 (28%) 16 (33%)
Absent 234 (71%) 53 (100%) 101 (73%) 36 (95%) 34 (68%) 32 (67%)
Not visible on US 38 (14%) 22 (42%) 13 (9%) 1 (3%) 2 (1%) 0 (0%)

DCIS: Ductal carcinoma in situ; US: Ultrasound; USG: Ultrasonography.