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Table 2 Tumour diameters for symptomatically and screen-detected cancers

From: Breast cancer tumour growth modelling for studying the association of body size with tumour growth rate and symptomatic detection using case-control data

Symptomatically diagnosed cases:

 

Standardised total breast area ≤0

Standardised total breast area >0

 

Body mass index ≤25

Body mass index >25

Body mass index ≤25

Body mass index >25

Tumour size

17.00 (12.00, 23.00)

18.50 (12.00, 24.75)

21.00 (15.00, 25.75)

22.00 (15.00, 30.00)

n = 191

n = 58

n = 34

n = 132

Screening diagnosed cases:

 

Standardised total breast area ≤0

Standardised total breast area >0

 

Body mass index ≤25

Body mass index >25

Body mass index ≤25

Body mass index >25

Tumour size

12.00 (10.00, 18.00)

12.00 (8.00, 17.00)

11.00 (8.00, 19.00)

13.00 (9.00, 19.50)

n = 308

n = 145

n = 105

n = 379

  1. Tumour diameters in millimetres (median and quartiles) grouped by body mass index and standardised total breast area