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Table 2 Clinical and pathological characters of 273 Tibetan female with BC

From: Clinicopathological characteristics and health care for Tibetan women with breast cancer: a cross-sectional survey

Clinical characters

 Tumor size

  ≤ 2 cm (n, %)

19(7.0)

 >2 cm (n, %)

228(83.5)

 Unknown (n, %)

26(9.5)

 Total (n, %)

273(100.0)

T4 stage

 Skin invasion only (n, %)

64(23.4)

  Chest invasion only (n, %)

6(2.2)

 Skin and Chest invasion (n, %)

6(2.2)

-   (n, %)

169(61.9)

 Unknown (n, %)

28(10.3)

 Total (n, %)

273(100.0)

Pathologic characters

Pathologic type

 Ductal carcinoma in situ (n, %)

3(1.1)

 Invasive carcinoma, Nos (n, %)

220(80.6)

 Invasive carcinoma, special type (n, %)

25(9.1)

 Invasive carcinoma, untyped

13(4.8)

 BC, untyped

12(4.4)

 Total (n, %)

273(100.0)

Pathologic grade

 Ductal carcinoma in situ

 

 High grade (n, %)

3(1.1)

 Middle/Low grade (n, %)

0(0)

 Invasive carcinoma, NOS

 

 I (n, %)

23(8.4)

 II (n, %)

102(37.4)

 III (n, %)

95(34.8)

 Ungraded of invasive carcinoma, special type or untyped (n, %)

38(13.9)

 Unknown (n, %)

12(4.4)

 Total (n, %)

273(100.0)

LNM

 N1 (n, %)

57(20.9)

 N2 (n, %)

80(29.3)

 N3 (n, %)

38(13.9)

 N0 (n, %)

61(22.3)

 Unknown (n, %)

37(13.6)

 Total (n, %)

273(100.0)

AJCC stage

 0 (n,%)

3 (1.1)

 I(n,%)

3(1.1)

 II (n, %)

78(28.6)

 III (n, %)

138(50.5)

 IV (n, %)

16(5.9)

 Unknown (n, %)

35(12.8)

 Total (n, %)

273(100.0)

  1. AJCC = American Joint Committee on Cancer; BC = Breast cancer; LNM = Lymph node metastasis; NOS=Non-special