Table 1 Clinicopathological characteristics

Tissue type

   Normal background

33

   Tumour

124

Tumour grade

   1

24

   2

42

   3

58

Histology

   Invasive ductal

94

   Invasive lobular

14

   Other

16

Stage (TNM)

   I

70

   II

40

   III

7

   IV

4

   Unknown

3

NPI^a

   1 (good prognosis)

68

   2 (moderate prognosis)

38

   3 (poor prognosis)

16

   Unknown

2

Outcome

   Disease free

85

   Metastatic disease

7

   Local recurrence

5

   Death (breast cancer related)

15