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Table 3 Patient demographics of the validation cohort of 230 core biopsies

From: A five-gene reverse transcription-PCR assay for pre-operative classification of breast fibroepithelial lesions

Characteristics

N

Percentage (%)

Age

  

Median

46 years

 

Range

15–75 years

 

Ethnicity

  

Chinese

164

71.3

Malay

23

10.0

Indian

11

4.8

Others

32

13.9

Diagnosis

  

Fibroadenoma

189

82.2

with subsequent surgical excisions

58

25.2

without subsequent surgical excisions

131

57

Phyllodes tumors

41

17.8

Benign

22

9.6

Borderline

16

6.9

Malignant

3

1.3