Table 1 Pathological characteristics and age of patients with metastatic breast cancer

From: GSTPi-positive tumour microenvironment-associated fibroblasts are significantly associated with GSTPi-negative cancer cells in paired cases of primary invasive breast cancer and axillary lymph node metastases

Factors

No. of patients

Percent (%)

Total no. of patients

39

100

Age at diagnosis (years)

 <50

20

51

 ⩾50

19

49

 Median (range)

49 (34–77)

 

Tumor histologic grade

 1

0

0

 2

32

82

 3

7

18

Tumor nuclear grade

 1

0

0

 2

32

82

 3

7

18

Lymph nodes positive (number)

 ⩽5

21

54

 >5

18

46

 Median (range)

5 (2–28)

 
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