Research Article
Breast Cancer Pathology, Receptor Status, and Patterns of Metastasis in a Rural Appalachian Population
Table 1
Clinical features and metastatic distribution of patient population.
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No metastases at followup
(%) | Distant metastases | value | | | Bone
(%) | Visceral
(%) |
| | Age at diagnosis* | | | | 0.038 | | <50 | 156 (26.3) | 17 (40.5) | 21 (39.6) | 0.028 | | ≥50 | 436 (73.7) | 25 (59.5) | 32 (60.4) | | | BMI (kg/m2) | | | | 0.642 | | <25 | 131 (27.4) | 5 (15.2) | 16 (35.6) | 0.351 | | 25–29.9 | 164 (35.1) | 14 (42.4) | 13 (28.8) | | | ≥30 | 175 (37.5) | 14 (42.4) | 16 (35.6) | | | Missing data | 122 | 9 | 8 | | | Tumor size (cm) | | | | <0.0001 | | T1 <2 | 292 (52.5) | 10 (29.4) | 8 (17.8) | <0.0001 | | T2 2–5 | 222 (39.9) | 13 (38.2) | 18 (40.0) | | | T3 >5 | 42 (7.6) | 11 (32.4) | 19 (42.2) | | | Missing data | 36 | 8 | 8 | | | Tumor grade | | | | | | 1 | 73 (14.2) | 1 (2.5) | 3 (6.0) | 0.0002 | | 2 | 175 (34.1) | 12 (30.0) | 7 (14.0) | | | 3 | 265 (51.7) | 27 (67.5) | 40 (80.0) | | | Missing data | 79 | 2 | 3 | | | Lymph node | | | | | | (i) Positive† | 124 (21.5) | 16 (39.0) | 27 (50.9) | <0.0001 | | (ii) Negative | 453 (78.5) | 25 (61.0) | 26 (49.1) | |
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Means are presented with standard errors.
Lymph node status not available in 16 cases.
Means without the same superscript are significantly different.
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