Table 1.

Tumor characteristics, the relationships between β-hCG and inhibin-α expression and the clinicopathological variables, ER, PR and HER-2

^*human chorionic gonadotrophin, ^†infiltrating ductal carcinoma, no specific type, ^‡intraductal carcinoma, ^§infiltrating lobular carcinoma and lobular carcinoma in situ, ^∥apocrine carcinoma, ^¶medullary, mucinous, secretory and adenoid cystic carcinoma, ^**in situ lesions, mucinous and secretory carcinoma, ^††estrogen receptor, ^‡‡progesterone receptor, ^§§Her-2/neu oncogene.