Table 1 Pathological features and hormone receptor status of the cohort of primary breast carcinomas analysed during the ADAM10 investigation

From: ADAM10: a new player in breast cancer progression?

Tumour characteristic

N

%

Age (years)

⩽50

40

34.2

>50

77

65.8

Unknown

0

0.0

Tumour size (cm)

⩽2

32

27.3

>2

76

65.0

Unknown

9

7.7

Grade

1 and 2

46

39.3

3

60

51.3

Unknown

11

9.4

Nodal status

Negative

56

47.9

Positive

56

47.9

Unknown

5

4.2

ER status

Negative

38

32.5

Positive

79

67.5

Unknown

0

0.0

HER2 status

Negative

100

85.5

Positive

6

5.1

Unknown

11

9.4

Histological type a

Ductal (D)

92

78.6

Lobular (L)

16

13.7

D and L

5

4.3

Other

0

0.0

Unknown

4

3.4

  1. Abbreviation: ER, oestrogen receptor.
  2. aAll tumours were infiltrating carcinomas. Ductal carcinoma in situ and lobular carcinoma in situ were excluded.
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