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

Table 5

The correlation between the Sdc1 expression in the tumor epithelium and the stroma of the metastases of the ductal breast carcinoma and some clinical and histological features of the primary tumors, analyzed using Spearman’s correlation coefficient.

Spearman correlation		Syndecan-1 expression in the epithelium of metastases ()	Syndecan-1 expression in the stroma of metastases ()
Age (years)	Coefficient rho	−0.373	0.014
		0.043	0.940
Tumor size (cm)	Coefficient rho	−0.223	0.061
		0.237	0.750
Focus numbers (1–3)	Coefficient rho	0.07	0.417
		0.714	0.022
Histological grade	Coefficient rho	0.138	0.164
		0.466	0.385
T status	Coefficient rho	−0.299	0.229
		0.109	0.223
N status	Coefficient rho	0.11	0.179
		0.562	0.343
Percentage of positive lymph nodes	Coefficient rho	0.08	0.267
		0.676	0.153
ER	Coefficient rho	−0.381	−0.302
		0.038	0.105
PR	Coefficient rho	−0.461	−0.393
		0.01	0.032
HER2/neu	Coefficient rho	0.138	0.287
		0.468	0.124