Table 5: Comparing the tumor characteristics among Iraqi and British patients younger than 50 years.

Tumor Characteristics IRAQI Patients BRITISH Patients Chi square Test
- N= 331 (%) N= 242 (%) P value
MEAN AGE (SD) 42.1 (6.01) 43.3 (5.11) -
HISTOLOGIC TYPE - - 0.6182
IDC (NOS) 250 (85.0) 187 (83.5)
ILC 25 (8.5) 16 (7.1)
Mixed 7 (2.4) 7 (3.1)
Others 12 (4.1) 14 (6.2)
TUMOR SIZE - - < .00001
T1 62 (19.9) 115 (52.3)
T2 175 (56.3) 91 (41.7)
T3 58 (18.6) 11 (5.0
T4 16 (5.1) 3 (0.9)
LYMPH NODE - - < .00001
N0 90 (29.7) 144 (67.9)
N1 93 (30.6) 60 (28.3)
N2 73 (24.1) 6 (2.8)
N3 47 (15.5) 3 (0.9)
HISTOLOGIC GRADE - - 0 .00003
I 18 (7.2) 28 (12.3)
II 156 (63) 95 (42)
III 74 (29.8) 103 (45.6)
CLINICAL STAGE Queen's : 128 cases < .00001
I 33 (12.2) 47 (43.1)
II 119 (44.2) 56 (51.4)
III 95 (35.3) 5 (4.6)
IV 22 (8.2) 2 (0.9)
ESTRORECEPTOR (ER) - - < .00001
Positive 189 (65.2) 192 (83.5)
Negative 101 (34.8) 38 (16.5)
PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR - - 0.0001
Positive 182 (62.5) 88 (82.2)
Negative 109 (37.5) 19 (17.8)
HER2 STATUS - - 0.1121
Positive 86 (30.3) 49 (23.7)
Negative 198 (69.7) 157 (76.2)
BREAST CANCER SUBTYPES - - 0 .0016
Luminal A (E+/P+/HER2-) 120 (49.8) 58 (74.3)
Luminal B (E+/P+/HER2+ ) 40 (16.6) 12 (14.1)
HER2 Enriched (E-/P-/HER2+) 29 (12) 4 (3.8)
Triple Negative (E-/P-/HER2-) 52 (21.6) 6 (7.7)