Table 4

Cytoplasmic HER4: correlation with pathological variables and HER family

Test

H4.77.16 histoscore

HFR1 histoscore


P value

Correlation

P value

Correlation


NPI

Kendall's tau-b

0.004

Positive

<0.001

Positive

Size

Kendall's tau-b

<0.001

Positive

0.021

Positive

Grade

Kendall's tau-b

0.076

<0.001

Positive

Nodal

Kendall's tau-b

0.004

Positive

<0.001

Positive

EGFR

Mann-Whitney

0.035

0.436

HER2

Mann-Whitney

0.381

0.771

HER3

Mann-Whitney

<0.001

Positive

0.001

Positive


Grade is the Bloom and Richardson grade. Nodal status is the number of positive nodes. NPI, Nottingham Prognostic Index (grade + nodal status + 0.02 × size in mm). EGFR, epidermal growth factor receptor.

Tovey et al. Breast Cancer Research 2006 8:R19   doi:10.1186/bcr1394

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