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Table 2 Characteristics of the population

From: Reasons of not having breast reconstruction: a historical cohort of 1937 breast cancer patients undergoing mastectomy

 

All patients (N = 1937)

Age (years) - median (range)

56 (23–97)

Marital status - N (%)

 

Not partnered

411 (21.3)

Partnered

651 (33.6)

Unknown

875 (45.1)

Employment status - N (%)

 

Not working outside home

609 (31.4)

Working outside home

900 (46.5)

Unknown

428 (22.1)

BMIa (kg/m2) - N (%)

 

<20

292 (15.1)

20-25

925 (47.8)

26-30

450 (23.2)

>30 Unknown

221 (11.4) 49 (2.5)

Breast size (cm) - median (range)

90 (65–130)

Cup size - N (%)

 

A

108 (5.6)

B

521 (26.9)

C

299 (15.4)

≥D

183 (9.5)

Unknown

826 (42.6)

Tobacco users - N (%)

296 (15.3)

ASAb score - N (%)

 

ASA 1

1051 (54.2)

ASA 2

824 (42.6)

ASA >2

62 (3.2)

Histologic stage - N (%)

 

In situ

335 (17.3)

SBR c I

217 (11.2)

SBR II

716 (37)

SBR III

614 (31.7)

Invasive SBR unknown

54 (2.8)

Tumor size (cm) - N (%)

 

<2

603 (31.2)

2-5

919 (47.5)

>5

316 (16.3)

Unknown

98 (5)

Estrogen receptors positive - N (%)

1251 (64.6)

Progesterone receptors positive - N (%)

444 (22.9)

Overexpression HER2 - N (%)

228 (11.8)

Axillary lymph nodes positive - N (%)

726 (37.5)

Inflammatory cancer - N (%)

92 (4.8)

Metastatic cancer - N (%)

83 (4.3)

Indication of mastectomy - N (%)

 

Clinicobiological characteristics of cancer

1061 (54.8)

Failure conservative surgery

357 (18.4)

Local recurrence

519 (26.8)

Chemotherapy - N (%)

 

Adjuvant

715 (36.9)

Neoadjuvant

284 (14.7)

Radiotherapy - N (%)

971 (50.2)

Hormone therapy - N (%)

1175 (60.7)

  1. aBMI body mass index.
  2. bASA American Society of Anesthesiologists.
  3. cSBR Scarff-Bloom-Richardson grade.