Table 1 Patients (N = 100) and primary tumor (N = 101) characteristics
Baseline characteristics | Number of patients (N = 100) or cases (N = 101) (%) |
|---|---|
Patient characteristics | Â |
 Menopause status |  |
  Premenopausal | 39 (39 %) |
  Post-menopause | 61 (61 %) |
 BMI |  |
  <19 | 3 (3) |
  19–25 | 59 (59 %) |
  ≥25 | 38 (38 %) |
Tumor characteristics | Â |
 Orientation |  |
  Upper outer quadrant | 46 (45.5 %) |
  Upper inner quadrant | 27 (26.7 %) |
  Lower outer quadrant | 10 (9.9 %) |
  Lower inner quadrant | 9 (8.9 %) |
  Central quadrant | 9 (8.9 %) |
 Tumor size |  |
  Tis | 4 (4.0 %) |
  T1 | 77 (76.2 %) |
  T2 | 20 (19.8 %) |
 Histology |  |
  DCIS | 4 (4.0 %) |
  Invasive ductal | 81 (80.2 %) |
  Invasive lobular | 8 (7.9 %) |
  Others | 8 (7.9 %) |
 Stagea |  |
  0 | 4 (4.0 %) |
  I | 49 (48.5 %) |
  II | 35 (34.7) |
  III | 13 (12.9 %) |
 Molecular subtype [35] |  |
  Luminal A | 26 (25.7 %) |
  Luminal B | 53 (52.5 %) |
  Her-2 positive | 4 (4.0 %) |
  Triple negative | 18 (17.8 %) |