The Emotional Status, Attitudes in Decision-Making Process, and Their Impact on Surgical Choices in Korean Breast Cancer Patients

Table 1

Clinicopathologic characteristics of study subjects.

Characteristics	Median ± SD or number	Range or %
Age	52.9 ± 11.1	(25, 80)
BMI	23.3 ± 3.7	(16.2, 35.2)
Education status
College or university education	32	41
High school education	46	59
Occupation
No	44	54.3
Yes	37	45.7
Marital status
Unmarried	14	16.7
Currently married	70	83.3
FHx of breast cancer
No	78	91.8
Yes	7	8.2
FHx of other cancers
No	82	96.5
Yes	3	3.5
Menopausal status
Premenopause	43	50.6
Postmenopause	42	49.4
Tumor size	1.9 ± 1.3	(0.5, 7)
T stage
Tis	19	22.6
T1	42	50
T2	23	27.3
N stage
N0	57	86.4
N1	8	12.1
N2	1	1.5
Diagnosis
Invasive	65	76.5
In situ	20	23.5