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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Tumor stiffness measured by shear wave elastography correlates with tumor hypoxia as well as histologic biomarkers in breast cancer

Characteristics

No. of Tumors (n = 82)

Histological type

 invasive ductal carcinoma

75 (91.5)

 invasive lobular carcinoma

3 (3.7)

 invasive micropapillary carcinoma

2 (2.4)

 tubular carcinoma

1 (1.2)

 mucinous carcinoma

1 1.2)

Lymph node status

 negative

46 (56.1)

 positive

36 (43.9)

ER status

 negative

23 (28.0)

 positive

59 (72.0)

PR status

 negative

26 (31.7)

 positive

56 (68.3)

HER2 status

 negative

66 (80.5)

 positive

16 (19.5)

Ki67 status

 negative

41 (50.0)

 positive

41 (50.0)

Tumor grade

 1 or 2

54 (65.9)

 3

28 (34.1)

Molecular subtype

 luminal A cancer

26 (31.7)

 luminal B cancer

35 (42.7)

 HER2-overexpressing cancer

8 (9.8)

 triple-negative cancer

13 (15.8)

  1. Data are value with percentages in parentheses
  2. ER estrogen receptor, PR progesterone receptor, HER2 human epidermal growth factor receptor 2