Table 1.
Patient characteristics (n = 51)
| Age at diagnosis, years | 45 [35–51] |
| Number of children | 4 (0–11) |
| Walking time to health center, h | 1.1 (0.1–3) |
| Travel time to hospital, h | 6.1 (0.1–24) |
| Age group | 11 (22) |
| <35 years | |
| 35–50 years | 25 (49) |
| >50 years | 15 (29) |
| Premenopausal | 24 (47) |
| Postmenopausal | 27 (53) |
| Place of residence (n = 48) | |
| Rural | 38 (79) |
| Urban | 10 (21) |
| Religion (n = 48) | |
| Christian | 38 (79) |
| Muslim | 9 (19) |
| Other | 1 (2) |
| Literate (n = 38) | |
| No | 31 (77) |
| Yes | 9 (23) |
| Profession (n = 49) | |
| Housewife | 28 (57) |
| Farmer | 17 (35) |
| Student | 1 (2) |
| Other | 3 (6) |
| Marital status (n = 41) | |
| Married | 38 (93) |
| Not married | 3 (7) |
| Survival status | |
| Deceased | 21 (46) |
| Alive | 21 (35) |
| Unknown | 9 (18) |
| AJCC stage (n = 33) | |
| 1 | 2 (6) |
| 2 | 10 (30) |
| 3 | 20 (61) |
| 4 | 1 (3) |
| Clinical tumor size (n = 38) | |
| T1 | 3 (6) |
| T2 | 22 (46) |
| T3 | 18 (38) |
| T4 | 5 (10) |
| Pathological diagnosis | |
| NST | 47 (92) |
| Other | 4 (8) |
| Grading | |
| Grade 1 | 3 (6) |
| Grade 2 | 14 (27) |
| Grade 3 | 34 (67) |
| HR status | |
| ER+PgR+ | 28 (55) |
| ER+PgR– | 9 (18) |
| ER–PgR+ | 12 (23) |
| Unknown | 2 (4) |
| HER2 | |
| Negative (0 to 2+) | 39 (76) |
| Positive (3+) | 10 (20) |
| Unknown | 2 (4) |
| Ki-67 | |
| Negative (<14%) | 16 (31) |
| Positive | 33 (65) |
| Unknown | 2 (4) |
| Surgical treatment (n = 44) | |
| Modified radical mastectomy | 15 (34) |
| Simple mastectomy | 4 (9) |
| Radical mastectomy | 1 (2) |
| Lumpectomy1 | 7 (16) |
| Quadrantectomy1 | 6 (14) |
| Mastectomy (not specified) | 11 (25) |
Data are presented as the mean [IQR], mean (range), or n (%). AJCC, American Joint Committee on Cancer; ER, estrogen receptor; PgR, progesterone receptor; NST, non-specific type of BC.
1
No irradiation in breast-conserving therapy.