Research Article

Autoantibody Response to ZRF1 and KRR1 SEREX Antigens in Patients with Breast Tumors of Different Histological Types and Grades

Table 1

Characteristics of tumor patients and healthy donors.

CharacteristicsSamples description

(1) Group of healthy donors
 Number of healthy women56
 Age at diagnosis, years (range, mean ± SD)17–60, 40,11 ± 12,20
 The number of healthy donors 45 years old or older21
 The number of healthy donors younger than 45 years35
(2) Group of patients with benign breast tumors
 Number of fibroadenoma patients22
 Age at diagnosis, years (range, mean ± SD)24–63, 30 ± 9,54
 The number of fibroadenoma patients 45 years old or older2
 The number of fibroadenoma patients younger than 45 years20
(3) Group of cancer patients
 Number of patients120
 Age at diagnosis, years (range, mean ± SD)36–83, ,63
 The number of cancer patients 45 years old or older112
 The number of cancer patients younger than 45 years8
Tumor type
 Invasive ductal breast carcinoma87
 Invasive lobular breast carcinoma23
 Medullary breast cancer10
Tumor grade (% from general)83
Grade 1: 4,82
Grade 2: 37,35
Grade 3: 57,83
ER-status (%)52
 Positive71,1
 Negative28,9
PR-status (%)52
 Positive30,8
 Negative69,2
HER-2/neu status (%)52
 Positive30,8
 Negative69,2
Lymphoid nodes status (% of positive)28,8

SD: standard deviation.