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Table 3 Receptor conversion for ERα, PR (10% threshold) and HER2 in distant breast cancer metastases according to site

From: Receptor conversion in distant breast cancer metastases

  

% conversion

  

ERα

PR

HER2

 

N

N (%)

N (%)

N(%)

Brain

44

6 (13.7)

16 (36.3)*

1 (2.3)

Lung

43

4 (9.4)

8 (18.6)

2 (4.7)

Liver

63

8 (12.7)

26 (41.2)*

6 (9.5)

Skin

76

5 (6.6)

17 (22.3)

2 (2.6)

Gastro-intestinal

7

1 (14.3)

3 (42.9)*

1 (14.3)

  1. * statistically significantly more often than for lung and skin metastases (P = 0.04, chi-square test).
  2. ERα, estrogen receptor alpha; PR, progesterone receptor; HER2, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2.