Hsp90 in the continuum of breast ductal carcinogenesis: Evaluation in precursors, preinvasive and ductal carcinoma lesions

Table 1 Hsp90 expression in ADH, DCIS and IDC

	Adjacent normal ducts and lobules	DHwithoutA (n = 30)	p^a
Hsp90 intensity (score)	2.27 ± 0.58	2.33 ± 0.55	0.593
Hsp90 positive cells (%)	70.7 ± 9.44	71.7 ± 12.3	0.664
Hsp90 Allred score	7.00 ± 0.87	7.00 ± 0.79	0.896
	Adjacent normal ducts and lobules	ADH (n = 31)	p ^a
Hsp90 intensity (score)	2.26 ± 0.63	2.39 ± 0.62	0.346
Hsp90 positive cells (%)	69.4 ± 10.3	72.3 ± 14.7	0.195
Hsp90 Allred score	6.97 ± 0.98	7.00 ± 0.97	0.660
	Adjacent normal ducts and lobules	DCIS (n = 51)	p ^a
Hsp90 intensity (score)	2.29 ± 0.61	2.43 ± 0.67	0.285
Hsp90 positive cells (%)	69.0 ± 8.5	71.0 ± 14.9	0.298
Hsp90 Allred score	7.00 ± 0.77	7.14 ± 0.94	0.360
	Adjacent normal ducts and lobules	IDC (n = 51)	p ^a
Hsp90 intensity (score)	2.20 ± 0.63	2.49 ± 0.54	0.018
Hsp90 positive cells (%)	68.8 ± 9.7	74.3 ± 14.9	0.004
Hsp90 Allred score	6.90 ± 0.78	7.33 ± 0.77	0.002

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