Table 1 Characteristics of the study population and tissue groups
From: Vav2 protein overexpression marks and may predict the aggressive subtype of ductal carcinoma in situ
Patient tissue groups | No. of samples (%) | Patient age (years) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Mean (Median) | Range | ||
Normala | 42 (100%) | 55.6 (53) | 29-85 |
CIS without invasion | 35 (100%) | 56.0 (58) | 35-80 |
  DCIS | 34 (97.1%) | 56.1 (58) | 35-80 |
  LCIS | 1 (2.9%) | 52.0 (52) | 52-52 |
CIS with invasion | 36 (100%) | 54.1 (55) | 29-74 |
  DCIS/T1mic | 11 (30.6%) | 54.5 (55) | 38-74 |
  DCIS/IDC | 21 (58.3%) | 53.3 (55) | 29-72 |
  LCIS/ILC | 4(11.1%) | 57.0 (59) | 47-63 |
IBC | 98 (100%) | 57.8 (57) | 28-88 |
  IDC | 76 (77.5%) | 56.4 (56) | 28-88 |
  ILC | 22 (22.5%) | 62.6 (62) | 32-87 |