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Table 5 Clinical and histopathological characteristics of TMA cases

From: Novel markers for differentiation of lobular and ductal invasive breast carcinomas by laser microdissection and microarray analysis

Features

IDC

ILC

G1

6 (7.5%)

15 (51.7%)

G2

57 (71.3%)

11 (37.9%)

G3

17 (21.2%)

3 (10.3%)

ER+

57 (71.3%)

19 (65.5%)

PgR+

50 (62.5%)

17 (58.6%)

HER-2+

12 (15%)

1 (3.4%)

Bcl-2+

13 (16.3%)

4 (13.8%)

N0

56 (70%)

21 (72.4%)

N1

16 (20%)

6 (20.7%)

N2

8 (10%)

2 (6.9%)

Total number of cases

80

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  1. ER, estrogen receptor; G1-3, grade 1–3; IDC, invasive ductal carcinoma; ILC, invasive lobular carcinoma; N0–1, lymph node status; PgR, progesterone receptor; TMA, tissue microarray.
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