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Table 2 Cancer patient study population.

From: Development of fragment-specific osteopontin antibodies and ELISA for quantification in human metastatic breast cancer

Description

n

%

Histology

Invasive ductal

27

68

Invasive lobular

2

5

Other

11

28

Presenting stage of disease

I

5

13

II

15

38

III

8

20

IV

8

20

Unknown

4

10

Disease free interval

0

11

28

1–9 yrs

19

48

10+ yrs

9

23

Unknown

1

3

Hormone receptor status

ER+/PR+

25

63

ER+/PR-

8

20

ER-/PR+

1

3

ER-/PR-

3

8

Unknown

3

8

HER-2 / neu overexpression

Positive

4

10

Negative

27

68

Unknown

9

23

  1. Patient characteristics at time of breast cancer diagnosis (n = 40). Abbreviations: PR, progesterone receptor; ER, estrogen receptor