Table 1 Characteristics of specimens used for the study.

From: Ultrasound-guided photoacoustic (US-PA) tomography of the breast: Biochemical differentiation using intrinsic tissue markers—lipids, collagen and hemoglobin with histopathologic correlation

 

Cat A

Cat B

Cat C

Cat D

Patients (n)

3

3

3

3

Mean Age

57.7 ± 4.2

62.3 ± 14.0

57.0 ± 8.9

61.7 ± 13.2

Tumor type

    

Invasive breast ductal carcinoma of no special type (IBC-NST)

3

2

1

1

Ductal Carcinoma In-situ (DCIS)

0

1

1

0

Encapsulated Papillary cancer (EPC)

0

0

1

0

Medullary cancer (MC)

0

0

0

2