Table 1 Characteristics of thirty-one breast cancer cases for which multigene tests were performed on both core needle biopsy samples and surgical specimens
Variables | n = 31 |
|---|---|
Mean age (years, ±SD) | 58.7 ± 8.3 |
Mean body mass index (kg/m2, ±SD) | 24.6 ± 3.3 |
Mean clinical tumor size (cm, ±SD) | 1.4 ± 0.7 |
Mean pathological tumor size (cm, ±SD) | 1.5 ± 0.5 |
Cases of multifocality (n, %) | 7 (22.6) |
Containing microcalcification (n, %) | 6 (19.4) |
Pathologic tumor stage (n, %) | |
 IA | 23 (74.2) |
 IB | 1 (3.2) |
 IIA | 7 (22.6) |
Mean follow-up period (months, ±SD) | 40.2 ± 28.6 |
Locoregional recurrence (n, %) | 2 (6.5) |