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Table 1 Patients data

From: Expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) in primary human breast cancer and breast cancer cell lines: New findings and review of the literature

 

G2-tumors

(n = 10)

G3-tumors

(n = 10)

age at diagnosis (y)

  

   mean

64,7

71,8

   minimum

42

52

   maximum

91

90

T (tumor size)

  

   1

4

3

   2

5

2

   3

-

-

   4

1

5

N (nodal status)

  

   0

6

1

   1

2

5

   2

1

2

   X

1

2

M

  

   0

10

6

   1

-

4

L

  

   0

7

2

   1

3

8

multifocal

4

3

inflammatory

1

4

invasive ductal

8

9

invasive ductal +DCIS

2

-

invasive lobular

-

1

receptor status

  

ER +/PR+

3

4

ER +/PR -

1

1

ER -/any PR

5

3

n.d.

1

2

Her2neu 2+/3+

2

3

Her2neu negative

5

2

n.d.

3

5

  1. G1 = well differentiated tumor; G2 = moderatly differentiated tumor; G3 = poorly differentiated tumor (the three-tier grading system (G1-3) is usually used at our institution to determine the histologic grade of tumor tissue). T = tumor grade; N = nodal status; M = distant metastasis; L = invasion of lymphatic vessels; DCIS = ductal carcinoma in situ; ER = estrogen receptor; PR = progesterone receptor; n.d. = not done.
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