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Table 2 Clinicopathological features of the ipsilateral and contralateral breast cancers

From: Assessment of DNA methylation profiling and copy number variation as indications of clonal relationship in ipsilateral and contralateral breast cancers to distinguish recurrent breast cancer from a second primary tumour

 

Ipsilateral (n = 16)

Contralateral (n = 13)

Age of onset (years)

 Primary

  Median

54

59

  Range

37 – 75

43 – 74

  P-value

 

0.082

 Second tumour

  Median

59

68

  Range

40 – 82

45 – 80

  P-value

 

0.070

Age interval (years)a

  Median

4

5

  Range

0 – 14

1 – 9

  P-value

 

0.604

Tumour size

 Primary

  Median (mm)

17.8

17

  Range (mm)

6 – 50

10 – 40

  P-value

 

0.711

 Second tumour

  Median (mm)

13.5

–

  Range (mm)

0.3 – 75

–

  1. aTime interval between first and second tumour onset
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