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Table 2 ER and PR proportion according to tumour characteristic in both Eritrean and Sudanese women

From: Immunohistochemistry defined subtypes of breast cancer in 678 Sudanese and Eritrean women; hospitals based case series

Tumour and biomarker characteristics

Eritrean

Sudanese

ER positive

ER negative

ER positive

ER negative

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

Histologic type

IDCNST

41

71.9%

48

81.4%

222

83.6%

270

91.5%

ILC

10

17.5%

1

1.7%

15

5.7%

3

1%

Others

6

10.5%

10

16.9%

27

10.7%

23

7.5%

Pathologic Tumour size

pT1

17

29.8%

6

10.2%

46

19.2%

36

12.5%

pT2

26

45.6%

22

37.3%

107

44.6%

141

49.0%

pT3

10

17.5%

27

45.8%

50

20.8%

68

23.6%

pT4

4

7.0%

4

6.8%

37

15.4%

43

14.9%

Lymph node involvement

pN0

40

70.2%

32

54.2%

104

52.0%

94

42.9%

pN1

6

10.5%

9

15.3%

37

18.5%

49

22.4%

pN2

8

14.0%

8

13.6%

36

18.0%

42

19.2%

pN3

3

5.3%

10

16.9%

23

11.5%

34

15.5%

Nottingham Grade

GI

8

14.0%

2

3.4%

16

6.3%

4

1.3%

GII

30

52.6%

16

27.1%

155

61.5%

151

49.0%

GIII

19

33.3%

41

69.5%

81

32.1%

153

49.7%

PR

PR negative

10

17.5%

59

100.0%

43

17.1%

303

98.4%

PR positive

47

82.5%

0

0.0%

209

82.9%

5

1.6%

HER 2

Negative (0 and 1+)

37

64.9%

29

49.2%

132

65.1%

112

52.8%

Negative (2+)

6

10.5%

10

16.9

20

9.8%

32

15.1%

Positive (3+)

14

24.6%

20

33.9%

51

25.1%

68

32.1%

  1. IDCNST invasive ductal carcinoma, no special type, ILC invasive lobular carcinoma