Table 4 Endometrial thickness and K-ras mutaion in tamoxifen-treated breast cancer patients with and without vaginal bleeding

From: K-ras mutation in the endometrium of tamoxifen-treated breast cancer patients, with a comparison of tamoxifen and toremifene

 

Pateints with vaginal bleeding

Patients without vaginal bleeding

  

K-ras mutation

  

K-ras mutation

 

Endometrial thickness (cm)

No. of cases

(−)

Low

High

Positive rate (%)

No. of cases

(−)

Low

High

Positive rate (%)

−0.5

2

1

0

1

50.0

32

15

12

5

53.1

0.6–0.9

1

1

0

0

0.0

27

20

4

3

25.9

1.0−

11

4

3

4*

63.6

13

10

3

0

23.1

Total

14

6

3

5

57.1

72

45

19

8

37.5

  1. *P<0.02 (patients with vaginal bleeding vs patients without vaginal bleeding).