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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the subjects included in the study (n = 127)

From: Gene expression profiling of peripheral blood cells for early detection of breast cancer

Diagnosis

Number of samples

Total Breast Cancer

67

   Pure DCIS

10

Histological grade I

1

Histological grade II

2

Histological grade III

7

   Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (IDC)

49

Histological grade I

11

Histological grade II

17

Histological grade III

16

Histological grade Unknown

5

   Invasive Lobular Carcinoma (ILC)

4

Histological grade I

2

Histological grade II

2

Histological grade III

0

   Other invasive

4

Invasive Tubular Carcinoma (ITC)

2

Medullary Carcinoma

1

Other/mixed cases

1

Total Non-malignant

63*

   Benign changes

12

Fibroadenoma

1

Fibroadenoma and haematoma

1

Cyst

6

Unspecified findings

4

   No mammographic findings

42

   Controls

9

Breast feeding

1

Pregnant

3

Menstrual cycle (2 subjects)

5

Total samples

130*

  1. * Data from biological replicates were merged leaving 127 assays for analyses.
  2. DCIS = ductal carcinoma in situ