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Table 1 General characteristics of study group

From: Infiltration tendency of internal mammary lymph nodes involvement in patients with breast cancer: anatomical characteristics and implications for target delineation

Characteristics

Initial diagnosis with IMN involved(n = 34)

Recurrence with

IMN involved (n = 36)

All patients

(n = 70)*

ER status, n(%)

 Positive

20 (58.8)

25 (69.4)

45 (64.3)

 Negative

12 (35.3)

10 (27.8)

22 (31.4)

 Unknown

2 (5.9)

1 (2.8)

3 (4.3)

PR status, n(%)

 Positive

13 (38.2)

19 (52.8)

32 (45.7)

 Negative

18 (52.9)

15 (41.7)

33 (47.1)

 Unknown

3 (8.8)

2 (5.6)

5 (7.1)

HER2 status, n(%)

 Positive

12 (35.3)

11 (30.6)

23 (32.9)

 Negative

20 (58.8)

22 (61.1)

42 (60.0)

 Unknown

2 (5.9)

3 (8.3)

5 (7.1)

T stage, n(%)

 Tis

1 (2.9)

0 (0)

1 (1.4)

 T1

4 (11.8)

10 (27.8)

14 (20.0)

 T2

13 (38.2)

17 (47.2)

30 (42.9)

 T3

4 (11.8)

2 (5.6)

6 (8.6)

 T4

8 (23.5)

1 (2.8)

9 (12.9)

 Tx

4 (11.8)

6 (16.7)

10 (14.3)

N stage, n(%)

 N0

0 (0)

19 (52.8)

19 (27.1)

 N1

0 (0)

6 (16.7)

6 (8.6)

 N2

1 (2.9)

3 (8.3)

4 (5.7)

 N3

33 (97.1)

6 (16.7)

39 (55.7)

 Nx

0 (0)

2 (5.6)

2 (2.9)

M status, n(%)

 M0

20 (58.8)

15 (41.7)

35 (50.0)

 M1

14 (41.2)

21 (58.3)

35 (50.0)

  1. *Including four patients with bilateral breast cancer
  2. Four patients had missing information