Research Article

A Comparative Analysis of Biomarker Expression and Molecular Subtypes of Pure Ductal Carcinoma In Situ and Invasive Breast Carcinoma by Image Analysis: Relationship of the Subtypes with Histologic Grade, Ki67, p53 Overexpression, and DNA Ploidy

Table 7

Comparison of mean Ki67 indices in molecular subtypes of pDCIS and IBCA.

subtypesKi67Ki67 𝑃 value
DCISIBCA

LUMINAL-A6.98 ± 0.52 ( 𝑛 = 4 4 )7.05 ± 0.75 ( 𝑛 = 2 1 ) 𝑃 > 0 . 0 5
LUMINAL-B23.8 ± 2.22 ( 𝑛 = 3 1 )33.76 ± 2.53 ( 𝑛 = 3 0 ) 𝑃 > 0 . 0 5
LUM-HER223.27 ± 2.72 ( 𝑛 = 2 2 )41.67 ± 6.50 ( 𝑛 = 1 5 ) 𝑃 < 0 . 0 1
HER233.57 ± 4.87 ( 𝑛 = 1 4 )58.00 ± 9.46 ( 𝑛 = 8 ) 𝑃 < 0 . 0 1
TRIPLE NEG39.57 ± 13.64 ( 𝑛 = 7 )67.52 ± 6.04 ( 𝑛 = 2 6 ) 𝑃 < 0 . 0 1

* 𝑃 value calculated by two-way ANOVA followed by Bonferroni post hoc test.