Comparison of Syndecan-1 Immunohistochemical Expression in Lobular and Ductal Breast Carcinoma with Nodal Metastases

Table 2

The distribution of the intensity of the Sdc1 expression by the levels in the tumor epithelium and the stroma of primary IDC and ILC.

		Histological types				Chi-square value
		Ductal carcinoma		Lobular carcinoma
			%		%
Syndecan-1 expression in the tumor epithelium	0	3	10.0	3	10.0	9.17	0.027
	1	4	13.3	2	6.7
	2	6	20.0	17	56.7
	3	17	56.7	8	26.7
Syndecan-1 expression in the tumor stroma	0	8	26.7	12	40.0	3.62	0.305
	1	8	26.7	5	16.7
	2	7	23.3	3	10.0
	3	7	23.3	10	33.3