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Table 2 Distribution of clinical and histopathological characteristics of breast cancer patients

From: Hypoxia inducible factor 1α gene (HIF-1α) splice variants: potential prognostic biomarkers in breast cancer

Parameter

No. of patients

No. of patients with metastasis

Age, years:

  

≤ 50

21

8

> 50

30

13

Positive lymph node:

  

0

25

6

1 to 3

11

9

4 to 10

4

3

> 10

7

3

Pathological tumour size, mm:

  

≤ 10

3

1

11 to 20

25

8

21 to 50

23

12

> 50

2

1

Tumour grade:

  

1

9

1

2

26

13

3

17

8

Histological type:

  

Tubular

41

18

Lobular

12

4

Peritumoural vascular invasion:

  

Absent

12

4

Present

40

18

OR status:

  

OR positive

32

10

OR negative

16

10

PgR status:

  

PgR positive

26

6

PgR negative

24

16

  1. Because of missing data, the numbers do not always add up to 53.
  2. OR = oestrogen receptor; PgR = progesterone receptor.