Table 1 Overview of patient and tumor characteristics

From: Breast cancer Intraoperative Margin Assessment using specimen PET-CT (BIMAP)

Category

Subcategory

Patients (n = 41)

Age mean [min-max] (years)

 

60 [38–81]

Length mean [min-max] (cm)

 

164,1 [150–178]

Weight (mean [min-max]) (kg)

 

70,8 (53-103)

Clinical stage (n (%))

Tis

2 (5%)

T1a (≤5 mm)

2 (5%)

T1b (≤10 mm)

10 (24%)

T1c (≤20 mm)

19 (46%)

T2 ( ≤ 50 mm)

8 (20%)

N0

34 (83%)

N1a

5 (12%)

N2a

2 (5%)

Tumor Histology (n (%))

IDC

31 (75%)

ILC

6 (15%)

DCIS

2 (5%)

NACT

2 (5%)

Nothingham Grade (n (%))

1

9 (22%)

2

20 (48%)

3

11 (27%)

N/A

1 (3%)

Estrogen receptor (n (%))

Negative

3 (7%)

Positive

37 (90%)

N/A

1 (3%)

Progesterone receptor (n (%))

Negative

9 (22%)

Positive

31 (75%)

N/A

1 (3%)

HER2 amplification (n (%))

Negative

31 (75%)

Positive

6 (15%)

N/A

4 (10%)

Ki-67 classification (n (%))

High ( > 15%)

17 (41%)

Medium (10-15%)

7 (17%)

low ( < 10%)

15 (37%)

N/A

2 (5%)

  1. Tumors were divided into four groups: IDC invasive ductal carcinoma, ILC invasive lobular carcinoma, DCIS ductal carcinoma in-situ only, and NACT neoadjuvant chemotherapy. N/A stands for not available.