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Table 1 Gb3 expression and clinicopathological characteristics of primary breast carcinomas

From: Human breast cancer and lymph node metastases express Gb3 and can be targeted by STxB-vectorized chemotherapeutic compounds

Feature

Gb3 +

Gb3 -

Patients

62

45

Age**

51.0

53.9

Lymph node status

  

Node-positive

33

34

Node-negative

29

11

Histological type

  

Ductal

58

37

Lobular

1

3

Papillary

2

1

Others

1

4

Mitotic index*

2.0

2.5

Grade*

2.5

3.0

Estrogen receptor

  

Positive

48

24

Negative

14

21

Progesterone receptor

  

Positive

35

20

Negative

27

25

HER2

  

Positive

40

25

Negative

22

20

Molecular classification

  

Luminal A

6

7

Luminal B

42

16

Luminal B/HER2 +

31

15

Luminal B/HER2 -

11

1

HER2 positive

9

9

Triple Negative

5

10

Not classified

0

3

  1. *Median of mitotic index and grade; **Mean.
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