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Table 1 Comparison of patient demographics and tumor characteristics of AUS-ILC and HK-ILC cohorts

From: Lobular breast cancers lack the inverse relationship between ER/PR status and cell growth rate characteristic of ductal cancers in two independent patient cohorts: implications for tumor biology and adjuvant therapy

  

No. of patients (%)

 

Characteristics

All ILC

AUS-ILC

HK-ILC

p

Age at diagnosis

    
 

Median (range)

55 (34 – 86)

64 (34 – 86)

50 (34 – 82)

<0.0005

 

<= 35

2 (0.9%)

1 (1.1%)

1 (0.7%)

 
 

36 - 50

84 (36.2%)

14 (14.9%)

70 (49.6%)

 
 

≥ 51

146 (62.9%)

79 (84.0%)

67 (48.6%)

 

Menopausal status

    
 

Pre-menopausal

39 (30.5%)

8 (18.2%)

31 (36.9%)

0.029

 

Post-menopausal

89 (69.5%)

36 (81.8%)

53 (63.1%)

 

Tumor size (cm)

    
 

Median (range)

2.4 (0.18 – 20.0)

2.4 (0.5 – 20.0)

2.5 (0.18 – 10.1)

0.825

LN involvement

    
 

Negative

129 (57.3%)

45 (52.9%)

84 (60.0%)

0.299

 

Positive

96 (42.7%)

40 (47.1%)

56 (40.0%)

 

ER

     
 

Negative

12 (5.2%)

2 (2.2%)

10 (7.2%)

0.089

 

Positive

220 (94.8%)

91 (97.8%)

129 (92.8%)

 

PR

     
 

Negative

48 (20.9%)

14 (15.2%)

34 (24.6%)

0.085

 

Positive

182 (79.1%)

78 (84.8%)

104 (75.4%)

 

HER2

    
 

Negative

191 (94.1%)

85 (93.4%)

106 (94.6%)

0.71

 

Positive

12 (5.9%)

6 (6.6%)

6 (5.4%)

 

Ki67 (%)

    
 

Median

5.0

5.0

6.0

0.746

 

≤ 5

83 (50.6%)

17 (54.8%)

66 (49.6%)

 
 

6 - 9

32 (19.5%)

0 (0.0%)

32 (24.1%)

 
 

≥ 10

49 (29.9%)

14 (45.2%)

35 (26.3%)

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