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Table 1 Patient demographics and tumor characteristics

From: Comparison of accelerated partial breast irradiation via multicatheter interstitial brachytherapy versus whole breast radiation

 

All Disease

  
 

APBI

WBI

P value

Patients

202

94

 

Months Follow-up

64.3

64.1

0.422

(Range)

(2.2-96.6)

(4.4-98.4)

 

Median Age

60.0

56.9

0.087

(Range)

(34.7-84.3)

(33.0-83.2)

 

Race

  

< 0.001*

Caucasian

169 (83.7%)

52 (55.3%)

 

Black

31 (15.4%)

42 (44.7%)

 

Other

2 (1.0%)

0 (0%)

 

Anatomy

   

Side

  

0.803

Right

97 (48.0%)

47 (50.0%)

 

Left

105 (52.0%)

47 (50.0%)

 

Quadrant

   

UOQ

88 (43.6%)

64 (68.1%)

< 0.001*

UIQ

53 (26.2%)

17 (18.1%)

 

LIQ

29 (14.4%)

5 (5.3%)

 

LOQ

32 (15.8%)

8 (8.5%)

 

Grade

  

0.207

DCIS

40 (19.8%)

18 (19.1%)

 

I

78 (38.6%)

25 (26.6%)

 

II

55 (27.2%)

27 (28.7%)

 

III

29 (14.4%)

20 (21.3%)

 

Unknown

0 (0%)

4 (4.3%)

 

Stage

   

Tis

40 (19.8%)

18 (19.1%)

 

T1 mic

3 (1.5%)

4 (4.3%)

 

T1 a

23 (11.4%)

7 (7.4%)

 

T1 b

67 (33.2%)

29 (30.9%)

 

T1 c

54 (26.7%)

31 (33.0%)

 

T1

147 (72.8%)

71 (75.5%)

 

T2

15 (7.4%)

5 (5.3%)

 

Histology

  

0.092

DCIS

40 (19.8%)

18 (19.1%)

 

Invasive Ductal

141 (69.8%)

60 (63.8%)

 

Invasive Lobular

8 (4.0%)

11 (11.7%)

 

Invasive Tubular

7 (3.5%)

1 (1.1%)

 

Invasive Mucinous

5 (2.5%)

2 (2.1%)

 

Invasive Papillary

1 (0.5%)

2 (2.1%)

 

Estrogen Receptor

  

0.464

ER +

167 (82.7%)

71 (71.6%)

 

ER -

26 (12.9%)

15 (16.0%)

 

ER Unknown

9 (4.5%)

8 (8.5%)

 

Progesterone Receptor

  

0.489

PR +

134 (66.3%)

56 (59.6%)

 

PR -

59 (29.2%)

30 (31.9%)

 

PR Unknown

9 (4.5%)

8 (8.5%)

 

Her-2/Neu

(Invasive Only)

  

0.350

Overexpressed

14 (6.9%)

9 (4.5%)

 

Not Overexpressed

147 (72.8%)

62 (66.0%)

 

Unknown

41 (20.3%)

23 (24.5%)

 

Disease Type

   

Luminal A

128 (63.4%)

51 (54.3%)

0.353

Luminal B

9 (4.5%)

7 (7.5%)

 

Her-2/Neu

5 (2.5%)

2 (2.1%)

 

Basal

16 (7.9%)

11 (3.7%)

 

DCIS

40 (19.8%)

18 (6.1%)

 

Unable to classify

4 (2.0%)

5 (5.3%)

 

LVSI (Invasive Only)

  

0.591

Present

10 (4.9%)

6 (8.1%)

 

Absent

152 (74.5%)

70 (91.9%)

 

LCIS

  

0.011*

Present

15 (7.4%)

17 (18.1%)

 

Absent

187 (92.6%)

77 (81.9%)

 

EIC (Invasive Only)

  

0.688

Present

4 (2.5%)

3 (3.9%)

 

Absent

148 (91.4%)

73 (96.1%)

 

Unknown

10 (6.2%)

0 (0%)

 

Endocrine Therapy

(Invasive Only)

  

0.182

Given

127 (78.4%)

50 (65.8%)

 

Not Given

34 (21.0%)

21 (27.6%)

 

Unknown

1 (0.6%)

5 (6.6%)

 

Endocrine Therapy

(DCIS Only)

  

0.756

Given

29 (72.5%)

14 (77.8%)

 

Not Given

11 (27.5%)

4 (22.2%)

 

Unknown

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

Cytotoxic Chemotherapy

(Invasive Only)

  

0.102

Given

35 (21.6%)

23 (30.3%)

 

Not Given

127 (78.4%)

49 (64.5%)

 

Unknown

0 (0%)

4 (5.3%)

 
  1. * Statistically significant