Table 2: Assessment of receptor-defined breast cancer subtypes in Iraqi and British groups.

VARIABLES IRAQI Patients
N = 635 (%)
BRITISH Patients N = 1,305 (%) Chi square Test
P value
ESTROGEN RECEPTOR N = 561 N = 1272 < .00001
Positive 388 (69.2) 1100 (86.5)
Negative 173 (30.8) 172 (13.5)
Unknown 74 33
PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR N = 561 N = 543 .
< .00001
Positive 374 (66.7) 433 (79.7)
Negative 187 (33.3) 110 (20.3)
Unknown 74 33
HER2 STATUS N = 541 N = 1138 < .00001
Positive 158 (29.2) 143 (12.6)
Negative 383 (70.8) 995 (87.4)
Unknown 94 167
BREAST CANCER SUBTYPES N = 532 N = 441 < .00001
Luminal A (E+/P+/HER2-) 252 (47.4) 325 (73.7)
Luminal B (E+/P+/HER2+) 73 (13.7) 31 (7.0)
HER2 Enriched (E-/P-/HER2+) 57 (10.7) 11 (2.5)
Triple Negative (E-/P-/HER2-) 78 (14.7) 22 (5.0)
Others 72 (13.5) 52 (11.8)