Table 1 Characteristics of breast cancer patients and tumors

Characteristic

% of patients

% of patients

Total patients, n

96

36

Age at diagnosis, years

Mean

58

59

Range

30-90

35-80

Menopause, n

68

71

-

Histotype, n

Infiltrating ductal cancer

73

76

21

58

Infiltrating lobular cancer

10

10

1

3

Others

13^a

14

14

39

Stage, n

I

34

35

1

3

II

55

57

20

56

III/IV

7

7

11

31

Unknown

0

4

10

Lymph node status, n

Positive

54

56

19

53

Negative

38

40

17

47

Unknown

4

4

0

ER status, n

Positive

67

70

23

64

Negative

26

27

13

36

Unknown

3

3

0

Tumor recurrence, n

31

32

19

53

Patient death, n

52

53

14

39

Follow-up, years

Median

9.1

6.8

Range

0.1-22

0.6-10