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Table 6 á…Ÿ

From: Characterization of hormonal receptors and human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 in tissues of women with breast cancer at Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es salaam, Tanzania

Hormonal receptor & HER2 status

Pathological stage

Stage II

Stage III

Total

ER

 positive

5(29.4%)

12(70.6%)

17(100%)

 Negative

1(5.9%)

16(94.1%)

17(100%)

0.071944

6

28

34(100%)

PR

 Positive

4(40.0%)

6(60.0%)

10(100%)

 Negative

2(8.3%)

22(91.7%)

24(100%)

P-value 0.027317

6

28

34(100%)

HER2

 positive

0(0%)

3(100%)

3(100%)

 Negative

6(20.7%)

23(79.3%)

29(100%)

P-value 0.249442

6

26

32(100%)

  1. ER, PR & HER2 expression seemed more frequent in pathological stage III although this was statistically significant only for PR