Table 4 Tumour focality by histopathological examination of the mass in studied patients.

From: The clinicopathological and molecular landscape of breast cancer patients: a retrospective study in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq

Focality

Tumour margin

Total

p-value

Involved

Free

Close

No. (%)

Unifocal

9.0 (4.7)

174 (91.1)

8.0 (4.2)

191 (63.7)

< 0.001*

Multifocal

13 (20.3)

45 (70.3)

6.0 (9.4)

64 (21.3)

Multicentric

7.0 (15.6)

35 (77.8)

3.0 (6.7)

45 (15)

Total

29 (9.7)

254 (84.7)

17 (5.7)

300 (100)

  1. *: Significant difference using Fisher’s exact test.