Research Article

PKC and ER Are Associated with Triple-Negative Breast Cancers in African American and Caucasian Patients

Table 6

Nuclear ERβ expression is lower in triple-negative patients.

OutcomeMedian (Minimum, maximum) value*
TNBC ( )All other subtypes ( )

ERβ (freq) (n)0 (0, 4)2 (0, 4)0.022
ERβ (int) (n)0 (0, 4)1 (0, 4)0.024
ERβ (freq) (c)3 (1, 3)3 (2, 4)0.079
ERβ (int) (c)1 (1, 3)1 (1, 4)0.378

* value is based on the Wilcoxon Rank-(sum) test. n: nuclear; c: cytoplasmic;
value < 0.05.