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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Quantitative hormone receptor (HR) expression and gene expression analysis in HR+ inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) vs non-IBC

Characteristic

 

non-IBC

No.

 

IBC

No.

  
  

(n = 677)

%

(n = 189)

%

P

Age, median (range), y

 

50 (22–83)

 

51 (23–75)

 

0.56

BMI, mean ± SD, m2

 

29.3 ± 6.8

 

31.7 ± 7.5

 

0.93

Menopausal status

     

0.002

 

Pre

352

(52)

75

(40)

 
 

Post

304

(45)

108

(57)

 
 

Unknown

21

(3)

6

(3)

 

cT stage

     

< 0.001

 

3

395

(58)

0

(0)

 
 

4

282

(42)

189

(100)

 
 

Unknown

0

(0)

0

(0)

 

cN stage

     

0.046

 

0

57

(8)

29

(15)

 
 

1

415

(61)

109

(58)

 
 

2

69

(10)

18

(10)

 
 

3

135

(20)

33

(17)

 
 

Unknown

1

(1)

0

(0)

 

Histology

     

0.003

 

Ductal

507

(75)

160

(85)

 
 

Lobular

103

(15)

12

(6)

 
 

Mixed

46

(7)

9

(5)

 
 

Other

21

(3)

8

(4)

 

Histological grade

     

< 0.001

 

1

46

(7)

4

(2)

 
 

2

313

(46)

67

(35)

 
 

3

288

(43)

107

(57)

 
 

Unknown

30

(4)

11

(6)

 

Lymphatic invasion

     

0.277

 

Positive

389

(57)

116

(61)

 
 

Negative

271

(40)

67

(36)

 
 

Unknown

17

(3)

6

(3)

 

Vascular invasion

     

0.512

 

Positive

400

(59)

106

(56)

 
 

Negative

260

(38)

77

(41)

 
 

Unknown

17

(3)

6

(3)

 

NAC regimen

     

0.308

 

A

74

(11)

27

(14)

 
 

T

28

(4)

5

(2)

 
 

A + T

572

(84)

156

(83)

 
 

Other

3

(1)

1

(1)

 

Adjuvant chemotherapy

     

0.001

 

Yes

120

(13)

54

(28)

 
 

No

557

(87)

135

(72)

 

Adjuvant endocrine therapy

     

0.007

 

Yes

590

(87)

150

(79)

 
 

No

87

(13)

39

(21)

 

Neoadjuvant radiation therapy

     

0.056

 

Yes

6

(1)

5

(3)

 
 

No

671

(99)

184

(97)

 

Adjuvant radiation therapy

     

0.100

 

Yes

612

(90)

163

(86)

 
 

No

65

(10)

26

(14)

 
  1. Abbreviations; IBC inflammatory breast cancer, BMI body mass index, SD standard deviation, NAC neoadjuvant chemotherapy, A anthracycline, T taxane