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Table 3 Over all breast cancer survival in relation to clinical characteristics and stage of disease by estrogen receptor status.

From: Organochlorine exposures influence on breast cancer risk and survival according to estrogen receptor status: a Danish cohort-nested case-control study

 

Estrogen receptor positive

Estrogen receptor negative

Characteristic

Adjusted RR (95% CI)a

Adjusted RR (95% CI)

Tumor size (mm)

   <50

1.0 ref.b

1.0

   ≥ 50

0.7 (0.2-3.0)

5.4 (1.8-15.9)

Metastatic lymph nodes

   0

1.0

1.0

   ≥ 1

1.6 (0.9-2.7)

4.6 (1.7-12.3)

Stage of disease

   Early

1.0

1.0

   Advanced

1.5 (0.9-2.6)

6.0 (2.1-16.9)

  1. a Relative risk of dying, 95% confidence interval, adjusted for age at diagnosis; b reference category.
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