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Published in final edited form as: Am J Clin Oncol. 2023 Sep 19;46(12):567–571. doi: 10.1097/COC.0000000000001045

Table 1.

Univariable Cox analysis of factors associated with angiosarcoma overall survival. Abbreviations: PBA, Primary breast angiosarcoma; SBA, secondary breast angiosarcoma.

SBA PBA
Characteristics HR (95%CI), p-value HR (95%CI), p-value
Race
White referent referent
Black 0.97 (0.40–2.39), 0.953 1.50 (0.65–3.48), 0.346
Other (American Indian/ AK Native, Asian/ Pacific Islander) 0.85 (0.31–2.31), 0.746 0.86 (0.39–1.88), 0.698
Age at Diagnosis
Continuous 1.05 (1.03–1.06), <0.001 1.01 (1.00–1.02), 0.054
Size
Continuous 1.00 (1.00–1.01), 0.036 1.01 (1.01–1.01), <0.001
Tumor Grade
I 0.32 (0.11–0.89), 0.030 0.37 (0.17–0.78), 0.010
II 0.83 (0.44–1.59), 0.582 0.35 (0.17–0.70), 0.003
III 0.92 (0.56–1.49), 0.730 1.09 (0.58–2.05), 0.972
IV referent referent
Missing 0.79 (0.49–1.28), 0.340 0.39 (0.15–0.98), 0.046
Lymph node involvement
Negative referent referent
Positive 2.14 (0.67–6.82), 0.197 3.29 (1.30–8.30), 0.012
Unknown 1.52 (0.90–2.56), 0.120 1.19 (0.58–2.41), 0.637
Tumor Stage
Local referent referent
Regional 1.92 (1.31–2.82), 0.001 3.15 (1.84–5.40), <0.001
Primary Site
Nipple 2.11 (0.76–5.83), 0.152 n/a
Central portion of breast 1.46 (0.76–2.79), 0.252 0.78 (0.18–3.30), 0.736
Upper-inner quadrant of breast 0.84 (0.21–3.46), 0.815 0.35 (0.12–1.01), 0.052
Lower- inner quadrant of breast 1.62 (0.64–4.05), 0.306 0.37 (0.11–1.23), 0.104
Upper- outer quadrant of breast 0.47 (0.19–1.18), 0.107 0.55 (0.25–1.22), 0.140
Lower- outer quadrant of breast 1.11 (0.45–2.78), 0.820 0.33 (0.04–2.42), 0.275
Overlapping lesion of breast 1.42 (0.87–2.30), 0.161 1.06 (0.62–1.82), 0.831
Breast, NOS referent referent
Radiation
No/Unknown referent referent
Yes 0.72 (0.35–1.48), 0.374 1.21 (0.74–1.96), 0.445
Chemotherapy
No/Unknown referent referent
Yes 0.76 (0.47–1.21), 0.240 1.14 (0.68–1.90), 0.627