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Table 6 Immunohistochemistry results for ER, PR, HER2, cCK5/6 and EGFR

From: Female breast cancer classification using immunohistochemistry biomarkers staining in Botswana

IHC Marker

≤50 years (n = 45, 36.0%)

>50 years (n = 80, 64.0%)

Total (n = 125, 100%)

ER, n (%)

  

 Positive 

23 (51.1%)

49 (61.3%)

72 (57.6%)

 Negative 

22 (48.9%)

31 (38.7%)

53 (42.4%)

PR, n (%)

 Positive 

11 (24,4%)

30 (37.5%)

41 (32.8%)

 Negative 

34 (75.6%)

50 (62.5%)

84 (67.2%)

HER2, n (%)

 Positive 

11 (24,4%)

15 (18.8%)

26 (20.8%)

 Negative

34 (75.6%)

65 (81.2%)

99 (79.2%)

Ki67, n (%)

 ≤ 14%

16 (35.6%)

48 (60.0%)

64 (51.2%)

 > 14%

29 (64.4%)

32 (40.0%)

61 (48.8%)

CK5/6, n (%)

  

 Positive

6 (13.3%)

10 (12.5%)

16 (12.8)

 Negative

39 (86.7%)

70 (87.5%) 

109 (87.2%)

EGFR, n (%)

 Positive

16 (35.6%)

26 (32.5%)

42 (33.6%)

 Negative

29 (64.4%)

54 (67.5%)

83 (66.4%)

Molecular classification (n =125), n (%)

 Luminal A 

8 (17.8%)

36 (45.0%)

44 (35.2%)

 Luminal B

12 (26.7%)

11 (13.7%)

23 (18.4%)

 Luminal B HER2 Positive

4 (8.8%)

5 (6.3%)

9 (7.2%)

 Triple negative 

14 (31.1%)

18 (22.5%)

32 (25.6%)

 HER2 enriched

7 (15.6%)

10 (12.5%)

17 (13.6%)