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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: The effects of postoperative radiotherapy on survival outcomes in patients under 65 with estrogen receptor positive tubular breast carcinoma

Variables

n

no-RT (%)

RT (%)

p

Age (years)

  < 50

682

112 (26.5)

570 (28.2)

0.512

  ≥ 50

1760

310 (73.5)

1450 (71.8)

 

Race/ethnicity

 Non-Hispanic white

2098

357 (84.6)

1741 (86.2)

0.463

 Non-Hispanic black

103

21 (5.0)

82 (4.1)

 

 Hispanic

133

28 (6.6)

105 (5.2)

 

 Other

108

16 (3.8)

92 (4.6)

 

Grade

 Well differentiated

2244

380 (90.0)

1864 (92.2)

0.012

 Moderately differentiated

176

33 (7.8)

143 (7.1)

 

 Poorly/undifferentiated

22

9 (2.1)

13 (0.6)

 

Tumor size

 T1mic

22

6 (1.4)

16 (0.8)

0.444

 T1a

662

122 (28.9)

540 (26.7)

 

 T1b

1154

196 (46.4)

958 (47.4)

 

 T1c

604

98 (23.2)

506 (25.0)

 

PR status

 Negative

328

47 (11.1)

281 (13.9)

0.136

 Positive

2114

375 (88.9)

1739 (86.1)

 

Chemotherapy

 No/unknown

2302

391 (92.7)

1911 (94.6)

0.134

 Yes

140

31 (7.3)

109 (5.4)

 
  1. PR progesterone receptor, RT radiotherapy, T tumor