Table 1 Clinicopathological features of 38 patients with primary breast cancer subjected to cDNA microarray and RT-PCR analyses
Number of patients | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Parameters | Â | High SUV group (n = 24) | Low SUV group (n = 14) | p-value |
SUV | Mean± SD | 7.2± 2.5 | 2.3± 0.9 | <0.0001 |
Age | Mean± SD | 56.9± 14.1 | 59.8± 10.3 | 0.5 |
T-factor | T1 | 13 | 9 | 0.5 |
| Â | T2 | 11 | 5 | Â |
N-factor | N0 | 16 | 10 | 0.8 |
| Â | N+ | 8 | 4 | Â |
Nuclear grade | 1,2 | 10 | 11 | 0.06 |
| Â | 3 | 14 | 3 | Â |
ER | - | 7 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Â | + | 17 | 13 | Â |
HER2 | 0,1+,2+ (FISH-) | 19 | 13 | 0.3 |
| Â | 3+ or FISH+ | 5 | 1 | Â |