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Table 2 HER2 and ERα, PR expression by immunohistochemistry in paired primary breast cancers and their distant metastases

From: Receptor conversion in distant breast cancer metastases

  

Distant metastases

Primary tumor

Status

-

+

Total

HER2

-

180 (77.2%)

6 (2.6%)

186

 

+

6 (2.6%)

41 (17.6%)

47

  

10% threshold

1% threshold

  

-

+

Total

-

+

total

ERα

-

79 (33.9%)

7 (3.0%)

86

47 (20.2%)

12 (5.2%)

59

 

+

17 (7.3%)

130 (55.8%)

147

23 (9.9%)

151 (64.8%)

147

PR

-

92 (39.5%)

12 (5.1%)

104

33 (14.2%)

27 (11.6%)

60

 

+

58 (24.9%)

71 (30.5%)

129

49 (21.0%)

124 (53.2%)

173

  1. For ERα and PR, data are shown using both the traditional 10% and new ASCO 1% thresholds.
  2. HER2, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; ERα, estrogen receptor alpha; PR, progesterone receptor.