Table 1 Prevalence of antibody reactivity against four strains of MMTV among women with breast cancer in the United States

From: Prevalence of serologic reactivity against four strains of mouse mammary tumour virus among US women with breast cancer

Total bands a

No. (%) of women

Median (range) age

More than 4

3 (3)

47 (37–53)

4

3 (3)

48 (41–61)

3

4 (4)

49 (40–58)

2

2 (2)

71 (55–86)

1

14 (15)

53 (35–71)

0

65 (71)

57 (33–95)

Smear

1 (1)

73

  1. aSum of all discrete bands across the immunoblots of all four MMTV strains (RIII, FM, C3H, and LA). As shown in Figure 1A, serum from Patient #16 had eight bands (1 against RIII, 2 against FM, 2 against C3H, and 3 against LA), and sera from Patients #36 and 60 had six bands (two each of the same molecular weight against RIII, FM, and LA).
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