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Table 2 NQO1 expression in breast cancers

From: Clinical implications of high NQO1 expression in breast cancers

Diagnosis

No. of cases

Positive cases

Positive cases rates

Strongly positive rates

  

-

+

++

+++

  

Breast cancers

176

27

40

62

47

84.7%**

61.9%**

DCIS

45

22

9

10

4

51.1%*

31.1%*

Hyperplasia

22

14

5

3

0

36.7%

13.6%

Adjacent non-tumor

52

36

9

7

0

30.8%

13.5%

  1. DCIS: ductal carcinoma in situ.
  2. Positive rate: percentage of positive cases with +, ++, and +++ staining score. Strongly positive rate: (high-level expression) percentage of positive cases with ++ and +++ staining score.
  3. *p<0.05 and **p<0.01 compared with non-tumor tissues.