Figure 1
From: Exploring Collagen Parameters in Pure Special Types of Invasive Breast Cancer
Boxplots demonstrating the distribution of intratumoral collagen parameters in histological subtypes: (A) bSHG collagen quantity; (B) fSHG collagen quantity; (C) bSHG collagen uniformity; (D) fSHG collagen uniformity; (E) bSHG collagen organization; (F) fSHG collagen organization. Classic invasive lobular (2. cILC) and tubular (3. TUB) carcinomas presented the highest values for intratumoral collagen parameters. Mucinous (4. MUC), papillary (5. PAP) and medullary (7. MED) presented the lowest values. Invasive ductal carcinoma of no special type (1. IBC-NST), micropapillary (6. mPAP), metaplastic (8. METAP) and invasive apocrine (9. APO) presented intermediary values of intratumoral collagen parameters. The statistically significant relations are shown in Supplementary Table 3. [bSHG, fSHG: backward and forward propagation second harmonic generation, respectively].
