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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 4.

A: Surrounding Non-Tumor Tissue Markers by Disease Type
IBC
Matched
Non-Tumor
Tissue
(N=45)
Treated
IDC
Matched
Non-Tumor
Tissue
(N=24)
Untreated
IDC
Matched
Non-Tumor
Tissue
(N=27)
P-Value
pS6 0 7 (21.9%) 0 0 <0.0001^
1+ 22 (68.8%) 19 (82.6%) 2 (7.4%)
2+ 3 (9.4%) 4 (17.4%) 25 (92.6%)
3+ 0 0 0
No normal tissue 11 1
Analysis N/A 2
pJAK2 0 20 (60.6%) 1 (4.2%) 10 (52.6%) <0.0001^
1+ 10 (30.3%) 9 (37.5%) 9 (47.4%)
2+ 2 (6.1%) 14 (58.3%) 0
3+ 1 (3.0%) 0
No normal tissue 9 8
Analysis N/A 3
pSTAT3 0 20 (66.7%) 10 (45.5%) 2 (4.3%) <0.0001^
1+ 4 (13.3%) 11 (50%) 12 (85.7%)
2+ 6 (20.0%) 1 (4.6%) 0
No normal tissue 10 2 12
Analysis N/A 5 1
IL6 0 16 (50%) 6 (25%) 1 (6.3%) 0.0069^
1+ 14 (43.8%) 16 (66.7%) 15 (93.8%)
2+ 2 (6.3%) 2 (8.3%) 0
No normal tissue 10 10
Analysis N/A 3 1
CD68* Median (range) 15 (0–150) 15 (5–60) 20 (7–40) 0.0739^^
No Tumor Available
No Tissue Available 5
CD163* Median (range) 12 (2–40) 15.5 (5–40) 15 (4–35) 0.1487^^
No Tumor Available
No Tissue Available 4
B: Pairwise Comparisons of Expression Levels in Surrounding non-Tumor Tissue
– P-Values (Pairwise Comparisons of Table 4A)
IBC vs
Treated
IDC
IBC vs
Untreated
IDC
Treated
IDC vs
Untreated
IDC
pS6^ 0.0408 <0.0001 <0.0001
pJAK2^ <0.0001 0.5383 <0.0001
pSTAT3^ <0.0001 <0.0001 0.0007
IL6^ 0.1580 0.0018 0.1753
CD68^^ 0.1554 0.0294 0.5225
CD163^^ 0.0729 0.1651 0.7318
^

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