Research Article
Association between Lymph Node Status and Expression Levels of Androgen Receptor, miR-185, miR-205, and miR-21 in Breast Cancer Subtypes
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of BC patients.
| | Characteristics | Luminal A () | Luminal B HER2-negative () | Luminal B HER2-positive () | HER2-positive () | Triple-negative () |
| | Age (mean and range, yr) | 61 (41-78) | 52 (27-83) | 55 (39-70) | 52 (42-61) | 52 (40-74) | | T stage | | | | | | | T1 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7 | | T2 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 4 | | T3 | — | — | — | — | — | | T4 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | N stage | | | | | | | N0 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 9 | | N1 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | | N2 | — | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | | N3 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | | ER score | | | | | | | 0-2 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | | 3-5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | — | — | | 6-8 | 22 | 12 | 16 | — | — | | PR score | | | | | | | 0-2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | — | | 3-5 | 9 | 9 | 6 | — | — | | 6-8 | 14 | 9 | 10 | — | — | | HER2 score | | | | | | | 1 | — | — | 13 | 5 | — | | 2-3 | — | — | 7 | 8 | — |
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Values are presented as the number of patients unless otherwise stated. ER and PR were graded using the Allred [ 11] scoring method. |
