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. 2008 Dec 9;100(1):123–133. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604809

Table 2. Clinicopathological features of the breast cancer cohort and association with BAG-1 expression.

  Nuclear BAG-1
  Cytoplasmic BAG-1
 
  Positive Negative P-value Positive Negative P-value
(A) Clinicopathological characteristics and associations with BAG-1 expression
Age            
 >50 135 39 0.979 135 39 0.252
 <50 79 23   85 17  
             
Grade            
 1 and 2 133 17 <0.0001 129 21 0.005
 3 81 45   91 35  
             
Size            
 >20 mm 81 31 0.086 82 30 0.027
 <20 mm 133 31   138 26  
             
Nodal status            
 Positive 90 30 0.424 98 22 0.429
 Negative 121 32   119 34  
             
HER-2            
 Positive 31 20 0.001 32 19 0.001
 Negative 180 40   184 36  
             
ER            
 Positive 169 20 <0.0001 166 23 <0.0001
 Negative 44 41   52 33  
             
PR            
 Positive 146 13 <0.0001 141 18 <0.0001
 Negative 67 49   78 38  
             
CK5/6            
 Positive 19 14 0.003 23 10 0.127
 Negative 195 48   197 46  
             
Triple negative            
 Positive 25 23 <0.0001 31 17 0.0039
 Negative 187 37   186 38  
             
(B) Treatment and survival data   n(%)        
Endocrine therapy   144/292 (49.3)        
Chemotherapy   111/292 (38.0)        
Endocrine and chemotherapy   71/292 (24.3)        
Recurrences   75/292 (25.7)        
Distant metastases   68/292 (23.3)        
Deaths   67/292 (22.9)        
Breast cancer-specific deaths   52/292 (17.8)        
5-year disease-free survival   74.0%        
5-year metastasis-free survival   76.8%        
5-year breast cancer-specific survival   86.0%