Research Article
Should Histologic Grade Be Incorporated into the TNM Classification System for Small (T1, T2) Node-Negative Breast Adenocarcinomas?
Table 1
Tumor stage, grade, and clinical outcome.
| | T1a | T1b | T1c | T2 | | G1 | G2 | G3 | G1 | G2 | G3 | G1 | G2 | G3 | G1 | G2 | G3 |
| | Alive without disease | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 11 | | Alive, status unknown | β | β | 1 | β | 1 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | | Alive with disease | β | 1 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 1 | | Deceased without disease | β | β | β | β | 1 | β | β | 1 | 1 | β | 1 | 1 | | Deceased, cause unknown | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | | Deceased with disease | β | β | β | 1 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 3 | | Total | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 16 | 16 |
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Gβtumor histologic grade.
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