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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Breast Cancer. 2015 Dec 1;16(2):113–122.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.clbc.2015.11.006

Table 3.

A: Surrounding Tumor Tissue Markers by Disease Type
IBC Cases
(N=45)
Treated
IDC Cases
(N=24)
Untreated
IDC Cases
(N=27)
P-Value
pS6 0 0 0 4 (14.8%) <0.0001^
1+ 5 (11.6%) 2 (8.7%) 13 (48.2%)
2+ 37 (86.1%) 19 (82.6%) 10 (37%)
3+ 1 (2.3%) 2 (8.7%) 0
No normal tissue
Analysis N/A 2 1
pJAK2 0 2 (4.8%) 1 (4.2%) 20 (80%) <0.0001^
1+ 21 (50.0%) 9 (37.5%) 5 (20%)
2+ 19 (45.2%) 13 (54.2%) 0
3+ 0 1 (4.2%) 0
No normal tissue
Analysis N/A 3 2
pSTAT3 0 18 (45.0%) 9 (37.5%) 24 (92.3%) 0.0001^
1+ 19 (47.5%) 13 (54.2%) 2 (7.7%)
2+ 3 (7.5%) 2 (8.3%) 0
No normal tissue
Analysis N/A 5 1
IL6 0 2 (4.8%) 3 (12.5%) 4 (15.4%) 0.0174^
1+ 30 (71.4%) 15 (62.5%) 22 (84.6%)
2+ 10 (23.8%) 6 (25%) 0
No normal tissue
Analysis N/A 3 1
CD68* Median (range) 40 (4–100) 57.5 (10–100) 80 (30–105) <.0001^^
No Tumor Available 5
No Tissue Available
CD163* Median (range) 28 (3–80) 40 (18–75) 40 (6–90) 0.0013^^
No Tumor Available 4
No Tissue Available
B: Pairwise Comparisons of Expression Levels in Tumor Tissue – P-Values
(Pairwise Comparisons of Table 3A)
IBC vs
Treated
IDC
IBC vs
Untreated
IDC
Treated
IDC vs
Untreated
IDC
pS6^ 0.4889 <.0001 0.0002
pJAK2^ 0.4945 <.0001 <.0001
pSTAT3^ 0.8569 0.0002 <.0001
IL6^ 0.4915 0.0065 0.0226
CD68^^ 0.0051 <.0001 0.0005
CD163^^ 0.0017 0.0034 0.7539
^

Fisher's Exact Test

^^

Kruskal-Wallis non parametric analysis of variance test

*

p<0.0167 is considered significant

^

Fisher’s Exact Test

^^

Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test