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Table 2 Analysis of features among BRCA1-, BRCA2- and non-BRCA1/2-associated cancers and in unselected cancers

From: Histopathological features of breast tumours in BRCA1, BRCA2 and mutation-negative breast cancer families

 

N (frequency, %)

P

Feature

BRCA1

BRCA2

Non-BRCA1/2

Unselected

 

Histology

     

   Ca ductale

37 (72.5)

37 (62.7)

102 (67.1)

561 (65.1)

 

   Ca lobulare

8 (15.7)

17 (28.8)

30 (19.7)

219 (25.4)

 

   Ca medullare

5 (9.8)

-

3 (2.0)

20 (2.3)

0.013*, 0.001**

   Others

1 (2.0)

5 (8.5)

17 (11.2)

62 (7.2)

 

Grade

     

   I

3 (6.1)

12 (23.1)

46 (32.4)

152 (23.3)

 

   II

11 (22.4)

26 (50.1)

66 (46.5)

289 (44.4)

 

   III

35 (71.4)

14 (26.9)

30 (21.1)

210 (32.3)

 

   I–II

14 (28.6)

38 (73.1)

112 (78.9)

441 (67.7)

≤ 0.0005*, <0.0005**, 0.009****

Immunohistochemistry

     

   ER-

28 (66.7)

17 (32.1)

40 (27.0)

167 (19.4)

≤ 0.0005*, <0.0005**, 0.026***, 0.035****

   ER+

14 (33.3)

36 (67.9)

108 (73.0)

692 (80.6)

 

   PgR-

37 (84.1)

28 (51.9)

67 (45.3)

312 (36.2)

≤ 0.0005*, <0.0005**, 0.021***, 0.036****

   PgR+

7 (15.9)

26 (48.1)

81 (54.7)

549 (63.8)

 

   p53-

27 (62.8)

42 (82.4)

118 (78.7)

628 (74.0)

0.034*, <0.0005**

   p53+

16 (37.2)

9 (17.6)

32 (21.3)

221 (26.0)

 

   erbB2-

35 (81,4)

45 (84,9)

109 (82,6)

NA

 

   erbB2+

8 (18,6)

8 (15,1)

23 (17,4)

NA

 
  1. *BRCA1 versus non-BRCA1/2 tumours; **BRCA1 versus unselected breast tumours; ***BRCA2 versus unselected breast tumours; ****non-BRCA1/2 tumours versus unselected breast tumours.
  2. Ca, carcinoma; ER, oestrogen receptor; NA, not available; PgR, progesterone receptor.