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Table 2 Distribution of tumour characteristics of Breast cancer cases

From: Genetic contribution of caspase-8 variants and haplotypes to breast cancer risk and prognosis: a case-control study in Iran

Characteristics

Number

Percent

Tumor subtype

Invasive Ductal Carcinoma

338

75.1

Precursor lesions

19

4.2

Invasive Lobular Carcinoma

11

2.4

Invasive Medulary Carcinoma

7

1.6

Metastatic Carcinoma

11

2.4

Others

13

2.9

Unreported

51

11.3

Grade

Low grade (I & II)

252

56

High grade (III)

96

21.3

Unreported

102

22.7

Tumor size

Small (I & II)

292

64.9

Large (III & IV)

73

16.2

Unreported

85

18.9

Lymph node

Negative

144

32

Positive (I, II & III)

213

47.4

Unreported

93

20.4

Metastasis

Negative

338

75.1

Positive

22

4.9

Unreported

90

20

Stage

Early stage (I & II)

128

50.7

Late stage (III & IV)

130

28.9

Unreported

92

20.4

ER status a

Negative

101

22.4

Positive

295

65.6

Unreported

54

12

PR status b

Negative

114

25.3

Positive

281

62.4

Unreported

55

12.2

HER2 c

Negative

257

57.1

Positive

103

22.9

Equivocal

25

5.6

Unreported

65

14.4

Receptor status

ER/PR + HER2 +/-

305

67.7

ER/PR - HER2 +

41

9.1

Triple negative (TNBC)

45

10

Unreported

59

13.1

  1. a ER; Oestrogen receptor;
  2. b PR; Progesterone receptor
  3. c HER2; Human Epidermal growth factor Receptor 2