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Table 1 Initial cohort of patients (Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, UK): characteristics of the 35 patients with initially ER-positive primary breast cancer

From: A candidate molecular signature associated with tamoxifen failure in primary breast cancer

Characteristic

Control group (n = 17)

TF group (n = 18)

P a

Age (years)

   

   <70

5

4

NS (0.92)

   ≥ 70

12

14

 

Histological gradeb

   

   I + II

14

8

NS (0.11)

   III

3

8

 

Lymph node status

   

   Node negative

10

4

NS (0.06)

   Node positive

7

14

 

Macroscopic tumor sizec

   

   <30 mm

11

6

NS (0.17)

   ≥ 30 mm

6

11

 
  1. aP-value (χ2 test) was considered significant when P < 0.05. bInformation available for 33 patients. cInformation available for 34 patients. ER, estrogen receptor; NS, not significant; TF, tamoxifen failure.