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Table 2 Characteristics of the second series of 104 ERα-positive postmenopausal breast tumor patients, and relation to RFS

From: Identification of a three-gene expression signature of poor-prognosis breast carcinoma

  

RFS

 

Number of patients

Number of events (%)a

P valueb

Age

  

NS (0.92)

   ≤70

52

17 (32.6)

 

   >70

52

14 (26.9)

 

SBR histological grade c

  

0.0005

   I

13

0

 

   II

67

17 (25.3)

 

   III

23

13 (56.5)

 

Lymph node status

  

NS (0.17)

   Node-negative

17

2 (11.7)

 

   Node-positive

87

29 (33.3)

 

Macroscopic tumor size d

  

0.015

   ≤30 mm

71

16 (22.5)

 

   >30 mm

31

14 (45.1)

 
  1. a: First relapses (local and/or regional recurrences, and/or metastases)
  2. b: Log-rank test. NS, not significant.
  3. c: Scarff Bloom Richardson classification. Information available for 103 patients.
  4. d: Information available for 102 patients.