Research Article

Clinical Impact of Breast Cancer Stem Cells in Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients

Table 1

Demographic data of the studied cases.

Age (years)Median45.5
Range31─70
Median50

Family historyPositive family history3 (4%)
No family history73 (96%)

Menopausal statusPremenopausal33 (43.4%)
Postmenopausal43 (56.6%)
Metastatic siteBone only10 (13.2%)
Visceral only19 (25%)
Bone and visceral47 (61.8%)

BCSC expressionBCSC (CD44+ve and CD24−e) 32 patients (42.1%)Non-BCSC 44 patients (57.9%)