Table 2 |
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Estrogen receptor status, aromatase mRNA levels, and exon 1 group of cancer from the elderly according to histologic types |
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Histologic type (n) |
Estrogen receptor |
Aromatase mRNA ± SEM, amol/mgRNA |
Exon 1 group |
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+ (%) |
- |
d > c |
d |
c < d |
c |
b |
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Muc (5) |
5 (100%) |
0 |
39.1 ± 8.99 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Others (33) |
22 (67%) |
11 |
16.8 ± 2.86 |
15 |
16 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
Apo (7) |
0 (0%) |
7 |
20.1 ± 4.06 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
ILC (2) |
1 (50%) |
1 |
2.45 ± 0.05 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
IDC (24) |
21 (88%) |
3 |
17.0 ± 3.68 |
11 |
12 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Total (38) |
27 (71%) |
11 |
19.7 ± 2.97 |
20 |
16 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
P value Muc vs. others |
0.0090 S |
0.0750 NS |
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+, positive; -, negative; Apo, apocrine carcinoma; IDC, invasive ductal carcinoma; ILC, invasive lobular carcinoma; Muc, mucinous carcinoma; NS, not significant; S, significant; SEM, standard error of the mean. |
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Honma et al. Breast Cancer Research 2009 11:R48 doi:10.1186/bcr2335 |
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