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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Res. 2015 Apr 21;75(12):2501–2509. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-14-3361

Table 1. Histological subtype and sample size.

Summary of Various Breast Pathologies Collected and Analyzed by Immunohistochemistry.

Histology Subtype n
Normal Breast Tissue N.A. 47
Benign and Precursor Breast Lesions Adenosis 4
ADH 1
ALH 4
ApoM 4
CCL 57
DCIS 10
FA 1
FEA 7
NPFCC 2
Radial scar 2
UDH 8
Breast Cancer Luminal A 45
Luminal B 16
Her2 19
Triple negative 21

ADH=Atypical ductal hyperplasia; ALH=Atypical lobular hyperplasia; ApoM=Apocrine metaplasia; CCL=Columnar cell lesion; DCIS=Ductal carcinoma in situ; FA=Fibroadenoma; FEA=Flat epithelial atypia; NPFCC=Non-proliferative fibrocystic changes; UDH=Usual ductal hyperplasia; Her2=Human epidermal growth factor receptor type 2 positive cancer; Luminal A=estrogen receptor and/or progesterone receptor positive cancer; Luminal B=estrogen receptor and/or progesterone receptor positive and Her2 positive cancer; Triple negative=estrogen, progesterone and Her2 negative breast cancer.