Age | |||||||||||
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<46 | 46–55 | >55 | Age correlated with ER expression | ||||||||
Breast lesions | No. cases | Mean % of ER+ cells | SD | No. cases | Mean % of ER+ cells | SD | No. cases | Mean % of ER+ cells | SD | Pearsons correlation coefficient | p Value |
*Data from Shoker et al.8 | |||||||||||
**Although lactating breast contained only a few moderate or strongly staining cells many of the cells (mean, 18%) showed weak or faint staining. Correlation of ER with age was not calculated because of the narrow age range of the patients. | |||||||||||
*Normal female | 12 | 11 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 20 | 53 | 34 | 22 | 0.2803 | 0.006 |
**Lactating breast | 12 | 3 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Duct ectasia | 4 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 0.4103 | 0.058 |
Sclerosing adenosis | 4 | 52 | 12 | 8 | 38 | 25 | 8 | 72 | 16 | 0.4003 | 0.080 |
Radial Scar | 2 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 45 | 24 | 7 | 47 | 21 | 0.3644 | 0.114 |
Papilloma (all) | 6 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 60 | 25 | 0.5692 | 0.007 |
Papilloma (solitary) | 4 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 35 | 18 | 7 | 57 | 28 | 0.5642 | 0.028 |
Papilloma (multiple) | 2 | 27 | 25 | 1 | 15 | – | 3 | 67 | 18 | 0.6435 | 0.168 |
Fibroadenoma | 12 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 27 | −0.1064 | 0.655 |
Phyllodes tumour | 8 | 40 | 26 | 1 | 50 | – | 10 | 73 | 19 | 0.5438 | 0.016 |
Male (all) | 10 | 61 | 22 | 3 | 78 | 13 | 11 | 56 | 24 | −0.0405 | 0.851 |
Normal male | 0 | – | – | 2 | 85 | 7 | 7 | 55 | 27 | −0.1852 | 0.633 |
Gynaecomastia | 10 | 61 | 22 | 1 | 65 | – | 4 | 57 | 23 | −0.0457 | 0.871 |