Table 1 Descriptive statistics of prognostic factors in women with invasive ductal carcinomas (n=172)
Variable | Categories | All frequency |
|---|---|---|
Receptor status | Receptor positive | 126 (79.8%) |
Receptor negative | 32 (20.2%) | |
Missinga | 14 | |
Malignancy grade | Grade 1 | 60 (37.3%) |
Grade 2–3 | 101 (62.7%) | |
Missing | 11 | |
Lymph node (LN) status | Node negative | 93 (56.4%) |
Node positive | 72 (43.6%) | |
Missinga | 7 | |
Tumour size | 2 cm or less | 97 (58.1%) |
More than 2 cm | 70 (41.9%) | |
Missinga | 5 | |
Stage (TNM) | Stage 1 | 65 (40.1%) |
Stage 2–4 | 97 (59.9%) | |
Missinga | 10 | |
Nottingham Prognostic Index (NPI) | Good prognosis | 60 (39.5%) |
Moderate prognosis | 77 (50.7%) | |
Poor prognosis | 15 (9.9%) | |
Missinga | 20 |
