Clinical Study
Surgery Should Complement Endocrine Therapy for Elderly Postmenopausal Women with Hormone Receptor-Positive Early-Stage Breast Cancer
Table 1
Population characteristics.
| | | Study group “n” (range) (%) | Control group “n” (range) (%) | value |
| | Number of patients | 28 | 23 | | | Mean age (year) | 84 [65–96] | 82 [65–92] | 0.3145 | | Mean initial tumor diameter (cm) | 4 [1–10] | 4.6 [0–20] | 0.2068 | | ER status > 10% | 28 (100) | 23 (100) | | | PR status > 10% | 23 (82) | 16 (70) | | | Tumor grade I | 4 (14) | 8 (35) | | | Tumor grade II | 19 (68) | 9 (39) | | | Tumor grade III | 5 (18) | 6 (26) | | | Stage I | 6 (21) | 5 (22) | | | Stage II | 19 (68) | 13 (56) | | | Stage III | 3 (11) | 5 (22) | |
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