Differential expression of HIF-1α in CD44+CD24-/low breast ductal carcinomas

Diagnostic Pathology

Table 1 Relationship between clinical and pathological features and breast carcinomas expressing the immunophenotype CD44⁺CD24^-/low and carcinomas that do not express this immunophenotype

Feature	CD44⁺CD24^-/low positive	CD44⁺CD24^-/low negative	p-value
Age (years)			0.789
< 50	38	66
> 50	51	98
Menopausal status			0.131
Pre	38	53
Post	51	111
Tumor size (cm)			0.837
< 2	24	49
2-5	39	66
> 5	26	49
Bloom & Richardson			0.319
I	28	66
II	48	73
III	13	25
Clinical Staging			0.219
I	12	21
IIa	21	40
IIb	19	34
IIIa	6	20
IIIb	22	44
IV	9	5
Recurrence			1.000
Yes	11	21
No	78	143
Lymph node status			0.895
Pos	47	89
Neg	42	75
Distant metastasis			0.479
Yes	30	48
No	59	116
Death			0.035*
Yes	37	46
No	52	118

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