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Table 1 Prevalence of MMTV env sequences in various human samples

From: Is MMTV associated with human breast cancer? Maybe, but probably not

 

MMTV envDNA PCR results

Sample

# tested

# positive

(% positive)

Retroviral risk group

65

0

(0%)

VBD PBMC

100

9

(9%)

Frozen breast Ca

10

1

(10%)

Frozen fibrocystic breast

9

2

(22%)

FFPE breast Ca

19

3

(16%)

FFPE breast fibrocystic

19

2

(10%)

FFPE breast reduction

9

2

(22%)

Breast Ca cell lines

20

0

(0%)

Malignant lymphocyte cell lines

15

0

(0%)

EBV transformed B lymphocyte cell lines

10

0

(0%)

Non-lymphoid malignant cell lines a

5

0

(0%)

  1. a 1 sarcoma, 3 primary brain and 1 histiocytic lymphoma