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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of women with breast cancer

From: Diagnosis, treatment characteristics, and survival of women with breast cancer aged 65 and above: a hospital-based retrospective study

  

n

%

Age at the time of diagnosis (n=1036)

<65

774

74.7

65-69

102

9.8

70-74

92

8.9

≥75

68

6.6

Year of diagnosis (n=1036)

2000

147

14.2

2001

137

13.2

2002

131

12.6

2003

152

14.7

2004

143

13.8

2005

164

15.8

2006

162

15.6

Comorbidity (n=690)

No

557

80.7

Yes

133

19.3

Stage (n=912)

1

208

22.8

2

415

45.5

3

197

21.6

4

92

10.1

Histology (n=1012)

Invasive ductal ca

473

46.7

Invasive lobular ca

220

21.7

Mixed

182

18.0

Others

137

13.5

Histologic grade (n=745)

1

119

16.0

2

338

45.3

3

288

38.7

Lymphovascular invasion (n=849)

No

174

20.5

Yes

675

79.5

Surgery (n=1010)

No

52

5.1

Yes

958

94.9

Chemotherapy (n=824)

No

187

22.7

Yes

637

77.3

Radiotherapy (n=794)

No

28

3.5

Yes

766

96.5

Hormonotherapy (n=703)

No

113

16.1

Yes

590

83.9

Recurrence (n=545)

No

490

89.9

Yes

55

10.1

Metastases (n=608)

No

415

68.3

Yes

193

31.7