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Table 2 Breast cancer ER/PR staining percentage based on germline PV status

From: Unique ER PR expression pattern in breast cancers with CHEK2 mutation: a hormone receptor and HER2 analysis based on germline cancer predisposition genes

Germline PV

Case no. (N)

ER%

PR%

Mean

SD

p value

CV

CV p value

Mean

SD

p value

CV

CV p value

BRCA1

57

15.2

33.6

0.000

2.21

0.000

6.8

20.9

0.000

3.05

0.000

BRCA2

60

66.7

38.9

0.000

0.58

0.007

44.7

38.0

0.161

0.85

0.934

PALB2

22

68.2

39.5

0.111

0.58

0.087

39.5

34.4

0.156

0.87

0.867

ATM

22

83.2

29.2

0.540

0.35

0.306

55.8

39.3

0.344

0.70

0.539

TP53

21

50.6

47.5

0.015

0.94

0.000

40.6

45.0

0.397

1.11

0.235

CHEK2

39

93.1

17.8

0.005

0.19

0.000

71.7

35.4

0.001

0.49

0.019

MMR

19

60.9

47.7

0.281

0.78

0.000

40.4

42.5

0.445

1.05

0.324

PTEN

6

98.0

3.82

NC

NC

NC

87.0

17.85

NC

NC

NC

CDH1

3

80.0

52.9

NC

NC

NC

70.0

40.4

NC

NC

NC

Control/reference

 

78.2

34.4

 

0.44

 

41.1

  

0.84

 
  1. PV: Pathogenic variant; SD: Standard deviation; CV: Coefficient of variation; MMR: Mismatch repair genes