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Table 1 Baseline characteristics and treatment patterns for IMPC and IDC

From: Invasive micropapillary carcinoma of the breast had poor clinical characteristics but showed no difference in prognosis compared with invasive ductal carcinoma

 

IMPC (n = 33)

IDC (n = 347)

P*

Age (year)

 

0.885

 ≤45

11 (33.3 %)

120 (34.6 %)

 

 >45

22 (66.7 %)

227 (65.4 %)

 

Family history

 

0.179

 Yes

2 (6.1 %)

7 (2.0 %)

 

 No

17 (21.5 %)

340 (98.0 %)

 

ER status

 

0.011

 Positive

27 (81.8 %)

206 (59.4 %)

 

 Negative

6 (18.2 %)

141 (40.6 %)

 

PR status

 

0.123

 Positive

25 (75.8 %)

209 (62.6 %)

 

 Negative

8 (24.2 %)

125 (37.4 %)

 

Her2 status

 

0.479

 Positive

6 (18.8 %)

82 (24.3 %)

 

 Negative

26 (81.2 %)

255 (75.7 %)

 

 Unknown

1

10

 

Subtype

  

0.006

 Luminal

29 (87.9 %)

223 (64.3 %)

 

 Non-luminal

4 (12.1 %)

124 (35.7 %)

 

T classification

 

0.044

 T1–T2

25 (75.8 %)

309 (89.0 %)

 

 T3–T4

8 (24.2 %)

38 (11.0 %)

 

N classification

 

<0.001

 N0

7 (21.2 %)

186 (53.8 %)

 

 N1–N3

26 (78.2 %)

160 (46.2 %)

 

 Unknown

0

1

 

Staging

 

<0.001

 I–II

15 (45.5 %)

262 (76.2 %)

 

 III

18 (54.5 %)

82 (23.8 %)

 

 Unknown

0

3

 

Operation methods

  

0.392

 BCS

0 (0 %)

19 (5.5 %)

 

 Mastectomy

33 (100 %)

328 (94.5 %)

 

Adjuvant chemotherapy

  

0.709

 Yes

32 (97 %)

321 (93.3 %)

 

 No

1 (3.0 %)

23 (6.7 %)

 

 Unknown

0

3

 

Radiotherapy

  

0.146

 Yes

14 (42.4 %)

104 (30.1 %)

 

 No

19 (57.6 %)

241 (69.9 %)

 

 Unknown

0

2

 

Hormone therapy

  

0.026

 Yes

28 (84.8 %)

227 (65.8 %)

 

 No

5 (15.2 %)

118 (34.2 %)

 

 Unknown

0

2

 

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy

  

0.128

 Yes

4 (12.1 %)

19 (5.5 %)

 

 No

29 (87.9 %)

328 (94.5 %)

 

Trastuzumab

  

0.754

 Yes

2 (6.1 %)

33 (9.5 %)

 

 No

31 (93.9 %)

314 (90.5 %)

 

Lymphovascular invasion

  

<0.001

 Yes

6 (18.2 %)

2 (0.6 %)

 

 No

27 (81.8 %)

345 (99.4 %)

 

Nerve invasion

  

0.007

 Yes

2 (6.1 %)

0 (0 %)

 

 No

3193.9 %)

347 (100 %)

 
  1. IMPC invasive micropapillary carcinoma, IDC invasive ductal carcinoma, ER estrogen receptor, PR progesterone receptor
  2. * All P values calculated by two-sided x2 test