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Table 5 Distribution of Clinicopathological parameters in each molecular subtypes of breast cancer among the study participants

From: Breast cancer in Ethiopia: evidence for geographic difference in the distribution of molecular subtypes in Africa

Clinico-pathological Parameters

Luminal A

Luminal B

HER2-enriched

Triple Negative

Total

p-value

Median age at diagnosis(min-max)

47(22–75)

35(22–53)

41(27–65)

46(29–60)

 

0.009

Tumor grade, n (%)

 I

5(18)

0(0)

1(13)

1(6)

7(9)

 

 II

11(39)

8(36)

5(63)

7(39)

31(41)

0.243

 III

12(43)

14(64)

2(25)

10(55)

38(50)

 

Stage, n (%)

 I

9(24)

5(19)

1(11)

4(18)

19(20)

 

 II

13(35)

13(48)

1(11)

9(41)

36(38)

0.632

 III

14(38)

8(30)

6(67)

8(36)

36(38)

 

 IV

1(3)

1(4)

1(11)

1(5)

4(4)

 

Histological type, n (%)

 Ductal

29(70)

15(60)

7(80)

17(80)

66(69)

0.708

 Lobular

2(10)

4(10)

0(0)

0(0)

6(6)

 Others/Unknown

9(20)

8(30)

2(20)

5(20)

24(25)