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Table 1 Clinicopathological characteristics of patients and tumours (N = 68)

From: Relative microvessel area of the primary tumour, and not lymph node status, predicts the presence of bone marrow micrometastases detected by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction in patients with clinically non-metastatic breast cancer

Characteristic

Value

Mean age in years (SD)

60.6 (12.3)

T status

 

T1

30

T2

15

T3

13

T4

10

N status

 

N0

36

N1

28

N2

4

Hormone receptor status

 

ER+ and/or PgR+

59

ER-/PgR-

9

Tumour differentiation

 

I

27

II

27

III

14

Menopausal status

 

Pre- and perimenopausal

11

Postmenopausal

57

Histology

 

IDA

59

ILA

8

Medullar

1

  1. ER, oestrogen receptor; IDA, invasive ductal adenocarcinoma; ILA, invasive lobular adenocarcinoma; PR, progesteronereceptor; SD, standard deviation.