Table 1

Clinical and pathological information of the cohort

Groupings

Sample numbers

Nodal status

Node negative, n = 65

Node positive, n = 55

Grade

Grade 1, n = 23

Grade 2, n = 41

Grade 3, n = 56

Histology

Ductal, n = 94

Lobular, n = 14

Others, n = 12

TNM staging

TNM1, n = 69

TNM2, n = 40

TNM3, n = 7

TNM4, n = 4

Clin.

outcome

Disease free,

n = 81

With Metastasis,

n = 7

With local recur.,

n = 5

Died of breast Cancer,

n = 20

Died of unrelated diseases,

n = 7

Jiang et al. Molecular Cancer 2008 7:71   doi:10.1186/1476-4598-7-71