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Table 2 Association of HER2 status with clinicopathologic factors in breast cancer patients

From: HER2 overexpression and correlation with other significant clinicopathologic parameters in Ivorian breast cancer women

Variables

HER2 + N = 105(%)

HER2- N = 472(%)

p

Mean age ± SD

48.6 ± 9.7

47.9 ± 11

0.568

Menopausal

  

0.929

  < 50 years

56(53.3)

276(58.5)

 

  ≥ 50 years

49(46.7)

196(41.5)

 

Histologic type

 IDC-NST

91(86.7)

393(83.3)

0.666

 Lobular

5(4.8)

25(5.3)

 

 Other

9(8.5)

54(11.4)

 

Tumor grade

  

0.007*

 I

13(13.8)

83(21.1)

 

 II

70(74.5)

224(57.0)

 

 III

11(11.7)

86(21.8)

 

ER status

  

0.137

 Positive

64(61.0)

250(53.0)

 

 Negative

41(39.0)

222(47.0)

 

PR status

  

0.396

 Positive

47(44.8)

190(40.3)

 

 Negative

58(55.2)

282(59.7)

 

ER/PR status

  

0.134

 ER/PR+

68(64.8)

268(56.8)

 

 ER/PR-

37(35.2)

204(43.2)

 
  1. ER Estrogen receptor, HER2 Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, IDC-NST Invasive ductal carcinoma of no special type, PR Progesterone receptor, SD Standard deviation, p p value; (*): Statistically significant difference with p < 0.05