Table 3

Percentage of tumour metastatic deposits to the whole size of the involved lymph node (tumour burden) in both invasive lobular carcinomas and invasive ductal carcinoma subtypes

Tumour burden (%)Invasive ductal carcinoma (n=219)Invasive lobular carcinomas (n=27)p Value
<1065 (29.7%)4 (14.8%)
10–2530 (13.7%)7 (25.9%)
26–5041 (18.7%)3 (11.1%)0.317
51–7522 (10.0%)3 (11.1%)
76–9051 (23.3%)8 (29.6%)
91–10010 (4.6%)2 (7.4%)