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Table 1 Sample characteristics

From: High incidence of triple negative breast cancers following pregnancy and an associated gene expression signature

 

Nulliparous

Recent pregnancy

Distant pregnancy

Sample size

19

17

17

Tumor size (cm) (mean ± SD)

2.7 ± 1.7

2.0 ± 1.2

4.6 ± 4.5

Age at diagnosis (mean ± SD)

36 ± 5

38 ± 3

36 ± 7

Pregnancies (mean ± SD)

0

2.0 ± 1.0

1.9 ± 0.7

Tumor grade

   

 I

2 (11 %)

0 (0 %)

2 (12 %)

 II

12 (63 %)

2 (12 %)

4 (24 %)

 III

4 (21 %)

13 (76 %)

10 (59 %)

 NA

1 (5 %)

2 (12 %)

1 (6 %)

ERα+

16 (84 %)

9 (53 %)

7 (41 %)

PR+

10 (53 %)

9 (53 %)

6 (35 %)

Her2/neu+

8 (42 %)

6 (35 %)

5 (29 %)

Triple negative status

   

 TNBCs

1 (5 %)

7 (41 %)

7 (41 %)

 Non-TNBCs

18 (95 %)

10 (59 %)

10 (59 %)

  1. Unless otherwise stated, numbers indicate patients in each category with percent contribution in parentheses