Research Article
Promoter Methylation and mRNA Expression of Response Gene to Complement 32 in Breast Carcinoma
Table 1
Clinical and pathological characteristics of breast carcinoma patients.
| Characteristics | Cases (%) |
| Tumor size (cm) | | ≤2 | 18 (28.6) | 2–5 | 44 (69.8) | >5 | 1 (1.6) | Number of positive nodes | | 0 | 11 (25.0) | 1–3 | 28 (65.9) | 4–9 | 4 (9.1) | ≥10 | 0 (0) | Histological grade | | I | 6 (9.5) | II | 16 (25.4) | III | 11 (17.5) | IV | 18 (28.6) | Unknown | 12 (19.0) | Tumor stage | | I | 10 (15.9) | II | 31 (49.2) | III | 14 (22.2) | IV | 8 (12.7) | Histology | | Ductal carcinoma | 56 (88.9) | Other | 7 (11.1) | Estrogen receptor | | Positive | 34 (54.0) | Negative | 27 (42.9) | Unknown | 2 (3.1) | Progesterone receptor | | Positive | 21 (33.3) | Negative | 42 (66.4) | HER2 | | Positive | 26 (41.3) | Negative | 37 (58.7) |
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