Table 5 Association between status of progesterone receptors and ultrasound findings of breast cancer
Progesterone receptor | p value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | Negative | ||||
Shape | Oval/round | Count | 4 | 6 | 0.026 |
% within PR | 9.5% | 35.3% | |||
Irregular | Count | 38 | 11 | ||
% within PR | 90.5% | 64.7% | |||
Margin | Circumscribed | Count | 1 | 3 | 0.068 |
% within PR | 2.4% | 17.6% | |||
Non-circumscribed | Count | 41 | 14 | ||
% within PR | 97.6% | 82.4% | |||
Orientation | Parallel | Count | 7 | 4 | 0.713 |
% within PR | 16.7% | 23.5% | |||
Not parallel | Count | 35 | 13 | ||
% within PR | 83.3% | 76.5% | |||
Posterior features | No/enhancement | Count | 16 | 8 | 0.526 |
% within PR | 38.1% | 47.1% | |||
Shadowing/ combined | Count | 26 | 9 | ||
% within PR | 61.9% | 52.9% | |||
Echopattern | Hypoechoic | Count | 38 | 15 | 1.000 |
% within PR | 90.5% | 88.2% | |||
Heterogeneous | Count | 4 | 2 | ||
% within PR2 | 9.5% | 11.8% | |||