Fig. 3.
Ratio of ER∆7 mRNA expression and total ERalpha mRNA expression. Box plots showing ratio of ER∆7 mRNA expression and total ERalpha mRNA expression for ER+/Basal tumors (blue boxes), ER+/Luminal B tumors (orange boxes) and normal breast tissues (gray box). Ratio’s for fresh frozen (FF) samples and formalin-fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) samples are depicted in separate boxplots. Central line in boxes represent the median value, boundaries of boxes represent the interquartile range and ends of whiskers represent the minimum and maximum values. P-values are obtained using the Mann-Whitney test. a Box plots for all ER+/Basal and ER+/Luminal B tumors. b Box plots for subgroup of ER+/Basal and ER+/Luminal B tumors with ER-positivity of ≥10% by immunohistochemistry