Table 1 Demographic, cancer, and treatment characteristics based on time to surgery n (%)

Age at diagnosis (years)

0.528

 > 50

40 (35.1)

42 (36.8)

20 (17.5)

12 (10.5)

 ≤ 50

52 (31.5)

75 (45.5)

25 (15.2)

13 (7.9)

Alcohol consumption

0.387

 Yes

17 (26.2)

29 (44.6)

14 (21.5)

5 (7.7)

 No

75 (35.0)

88 (41.1)

31 (14.5)

20 (9.3)

Smoker

0.355

 Yes

13 (44.8)

12 (41.4)

2 (6.9)

2 (6.9)

 No

79 (31.6)

105 (42.0)

43 (17.2)

23 (9.2)

Asymptomatic before surgery

0.105

 Yes

59 (38.8)

55 (36.2)

24 (15.8)

14 (9.2)

 No

33 (26.0)

62 (48.8)

21 (16.5)

11 (8.7)

Death

0.002**

 Yes

4 (30.8)

3 (23.1)

1 (7.7)

5 (38.5)

 No

88 (33.1)

114 (42.9)

44 (16.5)

20 (7.5)

AJCC stage

0.000***

 I

36 (35.0)

50 (48.5)

10 (9.7)

7 (6.8)

 II

46 (33.8)

48 (35.3)

33 (24.3)

9 (6.6)

 III

10 (25.0)

19 (47.5)

2 (5.0)

9 (22.5)

Histological differentiation

0.004**

 Well/Moderate

25 (31.2)

37 (46.3)

14 (17.5)

4 (5.0)

 Poor

47 (46.1)

37 (36.3)

11 (10.8)

7 (6.9)

 Unknown

20 (20.6)

43 (44.3)

20 (20.6)

14 (14.4)

Ductal carcinoma

0.447

 Yes

81 (32.9)

100 (40.7)

41 (16.7)

24 (9.8)

 No

11 (33.3)

17 (51.5)

4 (12.1)

1 (3.0)

Surgery type

0.817

 Mastectomy

80 (34.0)

96 (40.9)

38 (16.2)

21 (8.9)

 Lumpectomy

12 (27.3)

21 (47.7)

7 (15.9)

4 (9.1)

Chemotherapy

0.581

 Yes

42 (37.2)

43 (38.1)

17 (15.0)

11 (9.7)

 No

50 (30.1)

74 (44.6)

28 (16.9)

14 (8.4)

Hormone therapy

0.010**

 Yes

65 (30.5)

98 (46.0)

36 (16.9)

14 (6.6)

 No

27 (40.9)

19 (28.8)

9 (13.6)

11 (16.7)

Radiotherapy

0.146

 Yes

61 (33.3)

78 (42.6)

24 (13.1)

20 (10.9)

 No

31 (32.3)

39 (40.6)

21 (21.9)

5 (5.2)

Mammogram

0.001***

 Yes

7 (14.0)

21 (42.0)

15 (30.0)

7 (14.0)

 No

85 (37.1)

96 (41.9)

30 (13.1)

18 (7.9)