Table 2 Upfront E-cadherin per type of center.

From: Results of a worldwide survey on the currently used histopathological diagnostic criteria for invasive lobular breast cancer

upfront e-cadherin

 

no

yes

p-value

Center of activities

Large tertiary hospital

36 (29.5)

5 (31.2)

0.4533

Private laboratory

11 (9.0)

3 (18.8)

 

Small community hospital

6 (4.9)

1 (6.2)

 

University Hospital

69 (56.6)

7 (43.8)

 

Average volume breast cancer samples/year

0–150 samples

5 (4.1)

1 (6.2)

0.7676

151–300 samples

23 (18.9)

4 (25.0)

 

301–500 samples

26 (21.3)

3 (18.8)

 

>500 samples

68 (55.7)

8 (50.0)

 

Number of pathologist handling breast cancer specimen

1

9 (7.4)

0 (0.0)

0.5802

1–4

61 (50.0)

10 (62.5)

 

5 or more

52 (42.6)

6 (37.5)