Immunostaining with D2–40 improves evaluation of lymphovascular invasion, but may not predict sentinel lymph node status in early breast cancer

Table 4 Correlation between the three risk groups and status of (lympho-) vascular invasion

Risk groups^a	Vascular invasion assessed by H&E		Lymph vascular invasion assessed by immunostaining with D2–40
	Negative	Positive	Negative	Positive
Low	24	1	15	9
Intermediate	49	5	41	15
High	13	0	9	3
Total	86	6	65	27
p values*	0.040		0.221

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