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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Changes in glycoprotein expression between primary breast tumour and synchronous lymph node metastases or asynchronous distant metastases

 

Lymph node metastasis

Distant metastasis

Number of patients

14

9

  with 2 samples

14

7

  with 3 samples

0

2

Age, mean, range (years)

54, 25-79

53, 36-68

Site of metastasis

  

  Axilla

14

 

  Abdomen

 

3

  Lung

 

2

  Skeleton

 

2

  Skin

 

2

  Ipsilateral breast

 

1

  Contralateral axilla

 

1

Tumour sizea, mean range (mm)

35, 10-110

19, 13-28

  Missing

0

2

ERa

  

  Positive

8

6

  Negative

6

3

ERb

  

  Positive

7

4

  Negative

5

4c

  Missing

2

3

Adjuvant treatmentd

  

  Radiotherapy

78%

22%

  Endocrine therapy

64%

22%

  Chemotherapy

43%

11%

Neoadjuvant treatmente

  

  Chemotherapy

14%

0%

  1. aOf the primary tumour.
  2. bOf the metastasis.
  3. cOne patient had an ER+ primary tumour and an ER- distant metastasis.
  4. dAfter primary surgery.
  5. eBefore primary surgery.