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Table 3 Discrepant AR status of primary BC and matched lymph node metastasis

From: Androgen receptor status is highly conserved during tumor progression of breast cancer

 

Androgen receptor status

 

Patient ID

Primary BC

Lymph node metastasis

Comments

204

negative

positive

Fixation? tumor heterogeneity?

237

negative

positive

Evaluation (staining close to the cut-off of ≥1 %)?

348

negative

positive

Evaluation (staining close to the cut-off of ≥1 %)?

47

positive

negative

Pre-analytic handling? fixation? tumor heterogeneity?

356

positive

negative

Tumor heterogeneity

  1. BC Breast cancer