Table 1 The clinicopathological characteristics of patients with primary operable invasive ductal breast cancer (n=468)

From: The relationship between components of tumour inflammatory cell infiltrate and clinicopathological factors and survival in patients with primary operable invasive ductal breast cancer

Clinicopathological characteristics

Patients ( n)

Age (50/>50 years)

138 (30%)/330 (70%)

Size (20/21–50/>50 mm)

280 (60%)/174 (37%)/13 (3%)

Grade (I/II/III)

94 (20%)/182 (39%)/192(41%)

Involved lymph node (0/1–3/>3)

253(54%)/132 (28%)/78(17%)

Oestrogen-receptor status (ER−/ER+)

159 (34%)/283(61%)

Progesterone-receptor status (PR−/PR+)

243 (52%)/202 (43%)

HER-2 status (HER-2−/HER-2+)

370 (79%)/73 (16%)

Ki-67 status (low Ki-67/high Ki-67)

335 (72%)/104 (22%)

Lymphovascular invasion (absent/present)

203 (43%)/171 (37%)

General inflammatory infiltrate (None/mild/moderate/severe)

30 (6%)/313 (67%)/104 (22%)/21 (5%)

Loco-regional treatment (Lumpectomy±radiotherapy/mastectomy±radiotherapy)

179 (38%)/289 (62%)

Systemic treatment (ER-based treatment; hormonal/hormonal+chemotherapy/chemotherapy/none)

238 (51%)/92 (20%)/101(22%)/29 (6%)

  1. Abbreviations: ER=oestrogen receptor; HER-2=human epidermal growth factor receptor-2; PR=progesterone receptor.