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Table 2 Tumor characteristics in a Swedish cohort of 934 patients diagnosed with breast cancer between 2002-2011

From: Pre- and postoperative alcohol consumption in breast cancer patients: impact on early events

  

Preoperative alcohol consumption during the last week

  

Non-consumers

Moderate

High

 

Patients included in the survival analyses

0 drinks/week

1-3 drinks/week

4-9 drinks/week

10+ drinks/week

 

n = 934

300 (32.1%)

369 (39.5%)

232 (24.8%)

33 (3.5%)

Neoadjuvant therapy

0

0

0

0

0

Preoperative interstitial laser thermotherapy

0

0

0

0

0

Missing

0

0

0

0

0

No preoperative treatment

934

272

343

217

32

Pathological tumor size

     

In Situ

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (≤20 mm)

679 (72.47)

215 (71.7%)

271 (73.4%)

169 (72.8%)

24 (72.7%)

2 (21-50 mm)

238 (25.5%)

77 (25.7%)

92 (24.9%)

60 (25.9%)

9 (27.3%)

3 (≥51 mm)

15 (1.6%)

8 (2.7%)

5 (1.4%)

2 (0.9%)

0 (0.0%)

4 (skin or muscular involvement independent of size)

2 (0.2%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.3%)

1 (0.4%)

0 (0.0%)

Invasive tumor size ≥21 mm or skin or muscular involvement

255 (27.3%)

85 (28.3%)

98 (26.6%)

63 (27.2%)

9 (27.3%)

Missing

0

0

0

0

0

Axillary node involvement

     

0

572 (61.4%)

188 (63.1%)

227 (61.5%)

134 (57.8%)

23 (69.7%)

1-3

277 (29.5%)

80 (26.8%)

111 30.1%)

78 (33.6%)

8 (24.2%)

4+

83 (8.9%)

30 (10.1%)

31 (8.4%)

20 (8.6%)

2 (6.1%)

Any axillary lymph node

360 (38.6%)

110 (36.9%)

142 (38.5%)

98 (42.2%)

10 (30.3%)

Missing

2

2

0

0

0

Histological grade

     

I

229 (24.5%)

64 (21.4%)

103 (27.9%)

54 (23.3%)

8 (24.2%)

II

472 (50.6%)

158 (52.8%)

175 (47.4%)

118 (50.9%)

21 (63.6%)

III

232 (24.9%)

77 (25.8%)

91 (24.7%)

60 (25.9%)

4 (12.1%)

Missing

1

1

0

0

0

Hormone receptor status

     

ER+

813 (87.2%)

249 (83.0%)

334 (90.8%)

202 (87.4%)

28 (84.8%)

PgR+

656 (70.4%)

205 (68.3%)

260 (70.7%)

168 (72.7%)

23 (69.7%)

ER + PgR+

650 (69.7%)

202 (67.3%)

259 (70.4%)

166 (71.9%)

23 (69.7%)

ER + PgR-

163 (17.5%)

47 (15.7%)

75 (20.4%)

36 (15.6%)

5 (15.2%)

ER-PgR-

113 (12.1%)

48 (16.0%)

33 (9.0%)

27 (11.7%)

5 (15.2%)

ER-PgR+

6 (0.6%)

3 (1.0%)

1 (0.3%)

2 (0.9%)

0 (0.0%)

Missing

2

0

1

1

0