TABLE 1

Patient Characteristics, Part 1

Characteristic	Data
Total number of patients	23
Median age (y)	61 (range, 37–80)
Initial tumor classification (n)
T1	7
T2	14
T4	2
Initial stage UICC (n)
Stage I	6
Stage IIA	10
Stage I/IB	5
Stage IIIB	2
Histology (n)
Ductal	20
Lobular	3
Hormone receptor status (n)
ER+ and PR+	14
ER+ and PR−	7
ER− and PR+	1
ER− and PR−	1
Histologic grade (n)
I	1
II	19
III	3
Premenopausal status (n)	2
Postmenopausal status (n)	21