Digital Microscopy Assessment of Angiogenesis in Different Breast Cancer Compartments

Table 3

Statistical correlations in different tumour compartments (TAS, T, and IF) within breast cancer molecular subtypes.

Molecular subtype of breast cancer	No. of cases	Pair of compartments	Correlation (r)	Statistical significance; 2-tailed P
Luminal A	25	TAS-T	0.426	P = 0.034 P < 0.05
		TAS-IF	0.284	P = 0.169 P > 0.05
		T-IF	0.499	P = 0.011 P < 0.05
Luminal B	9	TAS-T	0.315	P = 0.410 P > 0.05
		TAS-IF	0.602	P = 0.086 P > 0.05
		T-IF	0.862	P = 0.003 P < 0.01
Basal-like	5	TAS-T	0.966	P = 0.007 P < 0.01
		TAS-IF	0.425	P = 0.475 P > 0.05
		T-IF	0.640	P = 0.244 P > 0.05
HER2	11	TAS-T	0.373	P = 0.258 P > 0.05
		TAS-IF	0.263	P = 0.434 P > 0.05
		T-IF	0.912	P = 0.000 P < 0.001