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Table 1 Patient characteristics of point measurements dataset and continuous measurements dataset

From: Towards the use of diffuse reflectance spectroscopy for real-time in vivo detection of breast cancer during surgery

Patient characteristics

Point measurements (n = 21)

Continuous measurements (n = 5)

Mean age (std)

53.4 year (12.1)

60.6 year (10.2)

Menopausal status

 Premenopausal

8

1

 Perimenopausal

2

0

 Postmenopausal

10

4

 Unknown

1

0

Mean tumor size (US imaging) (std)

25.5 mm (11.1)

37.2 mm (25.1)

Cancer typea

 Invasive ductal carcinoma

19

3

 Invasive lobular carcinoma

2

1

 Mucinous adenocarcinoma

0

1

  1. aThe histopathology was based on the histopathology of all biopsy specimens taken in that patient