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. 2025 Apr 9;15:1552937. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2025.1552937

Table 2.

Univariate Cox regression analysis for relapse of early-stage IBC patients with HR+.

Factors Univariate analysis
HR 95%CI P
Lower Upper
Age (Years) <37.5 vs ≥37.5 0.354 0.137 0.914 0.032
Pathological type NSIDC vs ILC vs NSIDC-CIS vs CIS-MI vs SGDC vs CC vs MC 0.849 0.553 1.305 0.456
Grade 1 vs 2 vs 3 2.375 1.001 5.632 0.050
Tumor diameter (cm) <16 vs ≥16 4.216 0.978 18.177 0.054
Menopausal status No vs Yes 1.022 0.401 2.601 0.964
AJCC stage I vs II 2.092 0.881 4.964 0.094
Sentinel lymph node <7 vs ≥7 2.362 0.975 5.725 0.057
Ki67 <22.50% vs ≥22.50% 4.684 1.989 11.033 0.000
Chemotherapy No vs Yes 3.023 1.299 7.033 0.010
Endocrine therapy Anastrozole vs Aletrozole vs Tamoxifen vs Toremifen vs Exemestane 1.010 0.487 2.096 0.979
TYMS <56.75% vs ≥56.75% 2.507 1.049 5.991 0.039
RRM1 <68.80% vs ≥68.80% 3.858 1.658 8.979 0.002
TUBB3 <39.60% vs ≥39.60% 2.819 1.041 7.629 0.041
TOP2A <63.35% vs ≥63.35% 6.021 2.342 15.480 0.000
HER2 <65.25% vs ≥65.25% 0.200 0.080 0.501 0.001
PTEN <46.75% vs ≥46.75% 0.270 0.109 0.666 0.004

IBC, invasive breast cancer; HR, hormonal receptor; HER2, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; TYMS, thymidylate synthase; RRM1, ribonucleotide reductase M1; TUBB3, class III beta-tubulin; TOP2A, topoisomerase II alpha; PTEN, phosphatase and tensin homolog; NSIDC, non-specific invasive ductal carcinoma; ILC, invasive lobular carcinoma; NSIDC-CIS, non-specific invasive ductal carcinoma with carcinoma in situ; CIS-MI, carcinoma in situ with microinvasion; SGDC, sweat gland differentiated carcinoma; CC, cribriform carcinoma; MC, mucoid carcinoma; AJCC, American Joint Committee on Cancer; HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval. The bolded values present P<0.05.