Immunohistochemical Characteristics Of Breast Cancers In South East Nigeria

Abstract

Breast cancer is a common disease in Nigeria and immunohistochemical
characteristics of such tumours in south east Nigerian women show that they are of
the triple negative subtype (45%, 44/98) and of invasive ductal carcinoma (85%,
69/79). They are 83% ER negative, 83% PR negative and 36% HER2 positive with
an average age of 44years and most likely to affect the left breast (54%).(

Keywords: Breast, Growth, Prognosis,Analysis,Markers

Ebonyi Medical Journal Vol. 6 (1) 2007 pp. 9-12