Table 2 Frequency and percentage distribution of disease characteristics in patients
From: Quality of Life determinants in women with breast cancer undergoing treatment with curative intent
Variable | Grouping Codes | Group | N | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Symptoms | 1 | Lump | 426 | 84.9% |
2 | Ulcer | 3 | 0.6% | |
3 | Discharge | 28 | 5.6% | |
9 | Don't know | 44 | 8.8% | |
Pain | 1 | Yes | 133 | 26.5% |
2 | No | 334 | 66.5% | |
3 | Don't know | 35 | 7.0% | |
How diagnosed | 1 | Biopsy | 212 | 42.2% |
2 | FNAC | 239 | 47.6% | |
3 | Mammogram only | 4 | 0.8% | |
9 | Don't know | 46 | 9.2% | |
Previous Treatment | 0 | Nil | 218 | 43.4% |
1 | Excision | 84 | 16.7% | |
2 | MRM | 110 | 21.9% | |
3 | BCT | 2 | 0.4% | |
9 | Don't know | 88 | 17.6% | |
Tumour staging | 1 | T1 | 33 | 6.6% |
2 | T2 | 174 | 34.7% | |
3 | T3 | 80 | 15.9% | |
4 | T4 | 76 | 15.1% | |
9 | TX | 139 | 27.7% | |
Nodal involvement | 0 | N0 | 140 | 27.9% |
1 | N1 | 166 | 33.1% | |
2 | N2 | 43 | 8.6% | |
3 | N3 | 4 | 8.0% | |
9 | NX | 149 | 29.7% |