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Table 1 Main patient characteristics

From: Comparative benefit from small tumour size and adjuvant chemotherapy: clues for explaining breast cancer mortality decline

Characteristic

Controls

CMF

Number of patients

179

207

Tumour size

  

T1

95

103

T2/T3

84

104

Axillary positive nodes

  

1–3

126

140

> 3

53

67

Menopausal status

  

Pre-menopause

87

104

Post-menopause

92

103

  1. T1: tumour size ≤ 2 cm; T2/T3: tumour size > 2 cm.