Table 4 Estrogen receptor staining results and cold ischemia time of patients whose core biopsy and/or resection specimens showed weak estrogen receptor staining

From: The effect of prolonged cold ischemia time on estrogen receptor immunohistochemistry in breast cancer

Case

1

2

3

4

5 a

6

7 a

8

9 a

10

11 a

12

Staining results b

 Core biopsy

0

0

0

0

0

5 weak

7 weak

10 weak

30 weak

50 weak

70 moderate

80 strong

 Resection

5 weak

1 weak

2 weak

3 weak

15 weak

5 weak

75 strong

70 strong

0

50 weak

8 weak

30 weak

Cold ischemia time (min)

95

108

114

171

110

109

140

105

122

93

115

174

  1. aThe information on these patients was included in Table 1.
  2. bThe staining results were shown in percentage followed by intensity.
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