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Table 1 Clinico-pathological features of Triple Negative cancers and non-Triple negative cancers

From: Triple negative breast cancer in a poor resource setting in North-Western Tanzania: a preliminary study of 52 patients

  

TN cancers

Non TN cancers

 

N

n (%)

n (%)

p-value

Variable

    

Age (years)

    

Less or equal to 46

24

8 (33.3)

16 (66.6)

 

Above 46

28

12 (42.8)

16 (57.2)

0.339

Tumour size

    

Below 6 cm

26

7 (26.9)

19 (73)

 

Above 6 cm

26

13 (50)

13 (50)

0.077

Histological grade

    

Grade I

3

0 (0)

3 (100)

 

Grade II

9

3 (33.3)

6 (66.6)

 

Grade III

40

17 (42.5)

23 (57.5)

0.325

Lymph node metastasis

    

Yes

38

16 (42.1)

22 (57.9)

 

No

14

4 (28.6)

10 (71.4)

0.288

Proliferation index(Ki-67)

    

High

39

17 (43.6)

22 (56.4)

 

Low

13

3 (23.1)

10 (76.9)

0.162

Stage

    

Early stage

10

3 (30)

7 (70)

 

Late stage

42

17 (40.5)

25 (59.5)

0.408