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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mod Pathol. 2008 Jul 25;21(10):1246–1254. doi: 10.1038/modpathol.2008.129

Table 2.

Correlation of common pathologic parameters and node status in breast carcinomas analyzed by tissue microarrays

Parameter Number of cases Lymph node positive (%) Lymph node negative (%) Statistical significance
Angiolymphatic invasion P=0.037
 Yes 15 7 (39) 8 (15)
 No 55 11 (61) 44 (85)
Tubule formation score P=0.051
 1 8 1 (6) 7 (15)
 2 18 2 (12) 16 (33)
 3 39 14 (82) 25 (52)
Tumor size P=0.037
 ≤2 cm 46 8 (44) 38 (72)
 >2 cm 25 10 (56) 15 (28)