Breast Cancer Research

Table 2 Summary of nipple aspiration and ductal lavage episodes

From: Nipple aspiration and ductal lavage in women with a germline BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation

	Women			Eligible breasts
	N	%	P	N	%	P
Eligible for study	52			83
Premenopausal	25	48		43	52
Postmenopausal	27	52		40	48
Previous BC	21	40		21	25
No previous BC	31	60		62	75
Parous	44	85		68	82
Non-parous	8	15		15	18
Breast fed	38	74		60	72
No breast feeding	14	27		23	28
FY	31	60		45	54
Premenopausal	19	76		30	70
Postmenopausal	12	44	0.026	15	38	0.004
Previous BC	11	52		11	52
No previous BC	20	65	0.405	34	55	1.000
Parous	25	57		34	50
Non-parous	6	75	0.450	11	73	0.152
Breast fed	21	55		28	47
No breast feeding	10	71	0.353	17	74	0.030
No. DL visits (median (range))	2 (1–5)
Successful DL cannulation	44	85		64	77
FY	29	94		40	89
Non-FY	15	71	0.049	24	63	0.008
Premenopausal	22	88		33	77
Postmenopausal	22	81	0.705	31	78	1.000
Previous BC	17	81		17	81
No previous BC	27	87	0.700	47	76	0.769
Parous	36	82		53	78
Non-parous	8	100	0.330	11	73	0.738
Breast fed	32	84		47	78
No breast feeding	12	86	1.000	17	74	0.772

P is for Fisher's exact test. BC, breast cancer; FY, breasts producing nipple aspirate fluid; DL, ductal lavage.

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