Breast tissue composition and immunophenotype and its relationship with mammographic density in women at high risk of breast cancer

JMB Pang; DJ Byrne; EA Takano; N Jene; L Petelin; J McKinley; C Poliness; C Saunders; D Taylor; G Mitchell; SB Fox

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Breast tissue composition and immunophenotype and its relationship with mammographic density in women at high risk of breast cancer

JMB Pang, DJ Byrne, EA Takano, N Jene, L Petelin, J McKinley, C Poliness, C Saunders, D Taylor, G Mitchell, SB Fox

Plos One | Published : 2015

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128861

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Abstract

Aim: To investigate the cellular and immunophenotypic basis of mammographic density in women at high risk of breast cancer. Methods: Mammograms and targeted breast biopsies were accrued from 24 women at high risk of breast cancer. Mammographic density was classified into Wolfe categories and ranked by increasing density. The histological composition and immunophenotypic profile were quantified from digitized haematoxylin and eosin-stained and immunohistochemically-stained (ERα, ERβ, PgR, HER2, Ki-67, and CD31) slides and correlated to mammographic density. Results: Increasing mammographic density was significantly correlated with increased fibrous stroma proportion (rs (22) = 0.5226, p = 0.0..

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This work was supported by funding to GM, SF, CS and DT from National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia, grant number 509302. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.