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Table 1 Mammographic features of HER subtype (pure and luminal B) of breast cancer

From: Imaging of HER2 detected receptor expression positive breast cancer: from detection to interpretation

Mammography features

Luminal B, n = 222/257

HER2-enriched, n = 56/89

Count

N %

Count

N %

Mass, n = 278

     

Shape

Round/oval

191

68.7

4

1.4

 

Irregular

31

11.2

52

18.7

Margin

Lobulated

28

10.1

8

2.9

 

Speculated

121

43.5

10

3.6

 

Indistinct

73

26.3

38

13.6

Density

Equal

54

19.4

6

2.2

 

High

168

60.4

50

18

Associate calcifications, n = 77

     

Shape

Amorphous

33

42.8

3

3.9

 

Coarse

13

16.9

6

7.8

 

Fine pleomorphic

7

9.1

15

19.5

Distribution

Segmental

20

26

15

19.5

 

Linear

5

6.5

2

2.6

 

Regional

2

2.6

3

3.9

 

Diffuse

18

23.3

12

15.6

Asymmetries, n = 68

     

Distortion, n = 28

 

27

96.4

1

3.6

Distribution

Developing

4

2.2

2

0.0

 

Focal

23

32.6

7

8.2

 

Global

8

28.5

24

28.5