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Table 3 Triple-negative breast cancers (TNBCs) mammographic features based on histologic types

From: Early detection of triple-negative breast cancer: evidence of a favourable prognostic impact in a comparative analysis of screen-detected versus symptomatic cases

 

Histologic Type

 
 

NST*

Metaplastic

Lobular

Others

p-value

Mammographic features

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

 

Mass with calcifications

30

15.2%

4

22.2%

1

7.7

10

20.0%

0.082

Mass without calcifications

110

55.9%

8

44.4%

4

30.8

26

52.0%

Calcifications only

3

1.5%

0

0.0%

2

15.4

2

4.0%

Architectural distortion

12

6.1%

1

5.6%

1

7.7

7

14.0%

Focal asymmetry

31

15.7%

3

16.7%

4

30.8

4

8.0%

Negative

11

5.6%

2

11.1%

1

7.6

1

2.0%

Total

197

100%

18

100%

13

100%

50

1

 
  1. *Non-Special Type