Allelic imbalances of chromosomes 8p and 18q and their roles in distant relapse of early stage, node-negative breast cancer

Table 1 Clinical and pathological characteristics in relation to distant relapse

Characteristic	Number of patients	No distant relapse (n)	Distant relapse (n)	p-value
Grade
1	27	23	4	<0.001
2	20	13	7
3	18	5	13
Menopausal status
Pre	26	15	11	0.46
Post	39	26	13
Size
<2 cm	39	29	10	0.02
≥2 cm	26	12	14
Growth pattern
Expansive	42	24	18	0.18
Infiltrative	23	17	6
Necrosis
No	50	37	13	<0.001
Yes	15	4	11
Angiogenesis
Chalkey mean low	35	28	7	0.002
Chalkey mean high	30	13	17
Fibrotic focus
No	29	24	5	0.003
Yes	36	17	19

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