Research Article

The Clinical Significance of PR, ER, NF-κB, and TNF-α in Breast Cancer

Table 1

Clinicopathological features of breast cancer patients ( ).

Clinicopathologic parametersNumber of cases (%)

Age (years) (median 50, range 35–72)
 <5056 (50)
 ≥5056 (50)
Histologic subtype
 Ductal carcinoma97 (85.8)
 Invasive lobular carcinoma6 (5.3)
 Mucinous adenocarcinoma4 (3.6)
 Intraductal carcinoma4 (3.6)
 Lobular carcinoma in situ 1 (0.9)
TNM stages
 I-II66 (58.9)
 III-IV46 (41.1)
Lymph node metastasis
 Yes60 (53.6)
 No52 (46.4)
Tumor grade
 I-II75 (67.0)
 III37 (33.0)
Tumor size
 <5 cm77 (68.8)
 ≥5 cm35 (31.2)
Age at menarche (years)
 <1576 (67.9)
 ≥1536 (32.1)
Menopause
 Yes61 (54.5)
 No51 (45.5)
Number of pregnancies
 <475 (67.0)
 ≥437 (33.0)
Number of deliveries
 <395 (84.8)
 ≥317 (15.2)
Family history of cancer
 Yes21 (18.8)
 No91 (81.2)