Short- and long-term cause-specific survival of patients with inflammatory breast cancer

BMC Cancer

Table 2 Patient characteristics.

Years of diagnosis	1975–77	1978–80	1981–83	1984–86	1987–89	1990–92	1993–95
No. of patients	134	145	181	210	258	340	416
Race:
White	117	124	162	184	207	276	352
Black	16	15	9	19	37	49	40
Others	1	6	8	7	13	15	24
Unknown	0	0	2	0	1	0	0
Age:
Median	58	56	60	56	55	59	56
Range	26–97	29–91	22–89	25–91	25–101	34–94	26–97
Stage:
Localized	6	3	6	1	1	5	5
Regional	84	100	101	41	27	20	21
Distant	35	37	72	161	218	304	385
Unstaged	9	5	2	7	12	11	5

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