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Table 1 Clinicopathological characteristics of Cohorts I and II

From: Novel image analysis approach for quantifying expression of nuclear proteins assessed by immunohistochemistry: application to measurement of oestrogen and progesterone receptor levels in breast cancer

 

Cohort I (n = 179)

Cohort II (n = 564)

Age (years)

  

   Median (range)

65 (35 to 97)

45 (25 to 57)

Tumour size

  

   ≤ 20 mm

105 (59)

208 (37)

   >20 mm

74 (41)

356 (63)

Grade

  

   I

38 (21)

58 (10)

   II

79 (44)

222 (40)

   III

62 (35)

234 (42)

   Missing

 

50 (8.9)

Histological type

  

   Indeterminate

3 (2)

7 (2)

   Invasive ductal carcinoma

125 (70)

411 (73)

   Invasive lobular carcinoma

31 (17.3)

43 (7.6)

   Tubular

16 (8.9)

5 (1)

   Medullary

4 (2.2)

25 (4)

   Mucinous

 

3 (1)

   Missing

 

70 (12)

Nodal status

  

   Negative

87 (49)

160 (28)

   Positive

65 (36)

402 (71)

   Missing

27 (15)

2 (0.3)

Oestrogen receptor status

  

   Positive

157 (88)

324 (57)

   Negative

22 (12)

151 (27)

   Missing

 

89 (16)

Progesterone receptor status

  

   Positive

52(29)

147 (26)

   Negative

127 (71)

312 (55)

   Missing

 

105 (19)

  1. Data in parentheses represent percentages unless otherwise stated.