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Table 2 Patient characteristics for women with breast cancer by breast cancer laterality

From: Long-term risk of ischemic heart disease after adjuvant radiotherapy in breast cancer: results from a large population-based cohort

BC characteristics

BC all, n (%)

BC right, n (%)

BC left, n (%)

No. of women

60,217 (100.0)

28,903 (100.0)

30,840 (100.0)

T status

 T0

8616 (14.3)

4224 (14.6)

4391 (14.2)

 T1

28,100 (46.7)

13,527 (46.8)

14,289 (46.3)

 T2

18,185 (30.2)

8646 (29.9)

9390 (30.4)

 T3

2810 (4.7)

1329 (4.6)

1457 (4.7)

 T4

1165 (1.9)

560 (1.9)

605 (2.0)

 TX

1341 (2.2)

617 (2.1)

708 (2.3)

N status

 N0

33,659 (55.9)

16,226 (56.1)

17,155 (55.6)

 N1–3

12,799 (21.3)

6154 (21.3)

6565 (21.3)

 N4+

5993 (10.0)

2823 (9.8)

3120 (10.1)

 NX

7766 (12.9)

3700 (12.8)

4000 (13.0)

ER status

 ER+

40,168 (66.7)

19,532 (67.6)

20,460 (66.3)

 ER−

8666 (14.4)

4015 (13.9)

4587 (14.9)

 Missing

11,383 (18.9)

5356 (18.5)

5793 (18.8)

PR status

 PR+

33,335 (55.4)

16,216 (56.1)

16,955 (55.0)

 PR−

14,873 (24.7)

7033 (24.3)

7765 (25.2)

 Missing

12,009 (19.9)

5654 (19.6)

6120 (19.8)

Surgery

 No surgery

2345 (3.9)

1115 (3.9)

1212 (3.9)

 BCS

32,583 (54.1)

15,873 (54.9)

16,456 (53.4)

 Mastectomy

23,917 (39.7)

11,268 (39.0)

12,453 (40.4)

 Missing

1372 (2.3)

647 (2.2)

719 (2.3)

RT stratified for pathological node stage

 No RT

22,790 (37.8)

10,808 (37.4)

11,794 (38.2)

 RT N0

21,524 (35.7)

10,472 (36.2)

10,887 (35.3)

 RT N1–3

9088 (15.1)

4360 (15.1)

4658 (15.1)

 RT N4+

4679 (7.8)

2219 (7.7)

2423 (7.9)

 RT NX

2136 (3.5)

1044 (3.6)

1078 (3.5)

Endocrine therapy

 Yes

36,893 (61.3)

17,884 (61.9)

18,867 (61.2)

 No

23,324 (38.7)

11,019 (38.1)

11,973 (38.8)

Chemotherapy

 Yes

16,552 (27.5)

7980 (27.6)

8528 (27.7)

 No

43,665 (72.5)

20,923 (72.4)

22,312 (72.3)

Trastuzumaba

 Yes

1943 (7.5)

919 (7.3)

1024 (7.6)

 No

23,964 (92.5)

11,595 (92.7)

12,368 (92.4)

  1. Patient characteristics for women with breast cancer (BC) by BC laterality
  2. No. number, T pathological tumor stage, N pathological lymph node stage, ER estrogen receptor, PR progesterone receptor, BCS breast-conserving surgery, RT radiotherapy
  3. aIncluded women with BC registered from 2005 and later