Research Article

Association of XRCC3, XRCC4, BAX, and BCL-2 Polymorphisms with the Risk of Breast Cancer

Table 1

Distribution of clinical characteristics of the patients.

CharacteristicsPatients

Age (years)
 Range21–84
Smoking status
 Smoker61
 Nonsmoker114
Grade
 I+II99
 III+IV42
Histopathology
 Invasive duct carcinoma114
 Lobular10
 Other18
Clinical stage
 I+II98
 III+IV42
Tumor size
 Smaller than 2 cm66
 Larger than 2 cm76
Estrogen receptor
 Positive115
 Negative24
Progesterone receptor
 Positive101
 Negative39
HER-2 receptor
 Positive30
 Negative112
Triple negative status
 Positive11
 Negative130
Lymph node status
 Positive85
 Negative51
Distant metastasis
 Positive3
 Negative139

Some of the patient’s demographical data could not be found.