Table 1 |
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Patients' characteristics with breast lesions and CNB. |
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Parameter |
Value* |
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Total number of patients enrolled |
109 |
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Total number of biopsis enrolled |
120 |
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Age at diagnosis (years) |
62 (33-98) |
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Multifocal/Bilateral lesions |
11 |
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Postmenopausal status |
82 |
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Ultrasonographic lesion size (mm) |
15 (± 10) |
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Non palpable tumor |
57 |
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Positive lymph node status |
25 |
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Malignant finding at paraffin section |
67 |
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*values are given as absolute numbers, mean (± standard deviation) values, or median (range) values; CNB = core needle biopsy |
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Brunner et al. BMC Cancer 2009 9:341 doi:10.1186/1471-2407-9-341 |
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