Table 1 |
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Summary of the immunohistochemical staining of IL-17 in breast cancer |
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| Grade (number of patients) |
Inflammatory infiltrate |
IL-17-positive cells |
Lymph-node-positive |
Lymph vascular invasion |
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| Grade III (n = 15) |
4+, 3++ |
8 |
7 (4) |
7 (5) |
| Grade II (n = 4) |
1++ |
0 |
2 |
2 |
| Total (n = 19) |
8 |
8 |
9 (4) |
9 (5) |
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Paraffin-embedded sections from 19 patients were stained and analysed. +, mild inflammation; ++, dense inflammation. Data in parentheses are IL-17-positive cells. |
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Zhu et al. Breast Cancer Research 2008 10:R95 doi:10.1186/bcr2195 |
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