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Table 1 Patient clinical and pathological variables

From: HER4 in breast cancer: comparison of antibodies against intra- and extra-cellular domains of HER4

Variable

Number/total

Valid (%)

Grade

  

   1

99/391

25.32

   2

193/391

49.36

   3

99/391

25.32

   Unknown

11

 

Nodal status

  

   0

193/369

53.1

   1–3

107/369

29.1

   4+

69/369

17.8

   Unknown

33

 

Histological type

  

   Ductal

322/397

80.1

   Lobular

45/397

11.6

   Other

30/397

8.3

   Unknown

5

 

Size

  

   T1 (<20 mm)

154/380

40.53

   T2 (20–50 mm)

204/380

53.68

   T3 (>50 mm)

22/380

5.79

   Unknown

22

 

NPI

  

   <3.5

128/344

37.21

   3.5–5.5

106/344

30.81

   5.5+

110/344

31.98

   Missing

58

 

Age

  

   <50 years

73/402

36.5

   >50 years

328/402

63.5

  1. Grade is the Bloom and Richardson grade. Nodal status is the number of positive nodes. Pathological type: ductal, invasive ductal carcinoma; lobular, invasive lobular carcinoma; other includes mucinous, mucoid and so on. NPI, Nottingham Prognostic Index (grade + nodal status + 0.02 × size in mm).
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Breast Cancer Research

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