Table 1.
Characteristics | Number of Cases (%) |
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Age at diagnosis (years) | |
<40 | 19 (20%) |
40–49 | 38 (40%) |
50–59 | 18 (18.9%) |
>60 | 20 (21.1%) |
Mean | 20 (21.1%) |
Range | 27–74 |
Pretreatment tumor size (cm) | |
1–1.9 | 4 (4.2%) |
2–2.9 | 22 (23.2%) |
3–3.9 | 22 (23.2%) |
4–4.9 | 17 (17.9%) |
>4.9 | 23 (24.2%) |
Not measurable | 7 (7.4%) |
Histological type | |
Ductal infiltrating | 72 (75.8%) |
Lobular infiltrating | 9 (9.5%) |
Inflammatory | 6 (6.3%) |
Mucinous | 6 (6.3%) |
Mixed | 2 (2.1%) |
Histological grade | |
1 | 20 (21%) |
2 | 37 (39%) |
3 | 34 (35.8%) |
Not evaluable | 4 (4.2%) |
Clinical TNM at diagnosis | |
T | |
T1 | 6 (6.3%) |
T2 | 62 (65.3%) |
T3 | 16 (16.8%) |
T4 | 8 (8.4%) |
Tx | 3 (3.2%) |
N | |
N0 | 34 (35.8%) |
N1 | 46 (48.4%) |
N2 | 15 (15.8%) |
N3 | 0 (0%) |
Nx | 0 (0%) |
M | |
M0 | 95 (100%) |
M1 | 0 (0%) |
Clinical stage | |
IIA | 32 (33.7%) |
IIB | 31 (32.6%) |
IIIA | 21 (21.1%) |
IIIB | 8 (8.4%) |
Not evaluable | 3 (3.2%) |
ER | |
≥10% | 69 (72.6%) |
<10% | 25 (26.3%) |
Not evaluable | 1 (1.1%) |
Count ≥ 3 | 71 (74.7%) |
Count < 3 | 23 (24.2%) |
Not evaluable | 1 (1.1%) |
PR | |
≥10% | 54 (56.8%) |
<10% | 40 (42.1%) |
Not evaluable | 1 (1.1%) |
Count ≥ 3 | 58 (61.1%) |
Count < 3 | 36 (37.1%) |
Not evaluable | 1 (1.1%) |
HER2 | |
Positive | 20 (21.1%) |
Negative | 72 (75.8%) |
Not evaluable | 3 (3.1%) |
Ki-67 | |
≥20% | 38 (40%) |
<20% | 56 (58.9%) |
Not evaluable | 1 (1.1%) |
Phenotype | |
Basal | 13 (13.7%) |
HER2 | 20 (21%) |
Luminal A | 31 (32.6%) |
Luminal B | 28 (29.5%) |
Not evaluable | 3 (3.2%) |
Type of surgery | |
Conservative | 38 (40%) |
Not conservative | 56 (58.9%) |
Not evaluable | 1 (1.1%) |
Pathological response (M&P) | |
Grade 1 | 8 (8.4%) |
Grade 2 | 22 (23.1%) |
Grade 3 | 28 (29.5%) |
Grade 4 | 17 (17.9%) |
Grade 5 (pCR) | 20 (21.1%) |
Abbreviations: ER, estrogen receptor; PR, progesterone receptor.