Table 2 Distributions of tumor size and tumor grade in Recurrence Score categories for all 220 cases and 570 controls
Variable (number of patients) | Recurrence Score | Â | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | < 18 (n = 379) | 18–30 (n = 162) | ≥30 (n = 249) | Correlation1 (P value) | |||
Tumor size (cm) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.25 (<0.0001) |
   ≤1 (n = 242) | 147 | (61%) | 51 | (21%) | 44 | (18%) |  |
   1.1–2 (n = 348) | 173 | (50%) | 65 | (19%) | 110 | (32%) |  |
   2.1–4 (n = 186) | 55 | (30%) | 44 | (24%) | 87 | (47%) |  |
   >4 (n = 14) | 4 | (29%) | 2 | (14%) | 8 | (57%) |  |
Tumor grade pathologist 1 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.54 (<0.0001) |
   Well (n = 200) | 146 | (73%) | 44 | (22%) | 10 | (5%) |  |
   Moderate (n = 353) | 199 | (56%) | 90 | (25%) | 64 | (18%) |  |
   Poor (n = 237) | 34 | (14%) | 28 | (12%) | 175 | (74%) |  |
Tumor size and grade | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.42 (<0.0001) |
   ≤2 cm and well or ≤1 cm and moderate (n = 285) | 204 | (72%) | 60 | (21%) | 21 | (7%) |  |
   >2 cm and well, or 1.1–2 cm and moderate, or ≤2 cm and poor (n = 330) | 143 | (41%) | 63 | (19%) | 133 | (40%) |  |
   >2 cm and moderate/poor (n = 175) | 41 | (23%) | 39 | (22%) | 95 | (54%) |  |