Table 1b. BRCA1, TXR1 and TSP1 tumoural mRNA expression.

	All patients	Squamous	Non-squamous	P-value a
No. of patients (%)	131 (100)	56 (43)	75 (52)
BRCA1
Expression value, median (range)	4.28 (0.86–42.45)	8.1 (1.73–42.45)	3.62 (0.72–39.31)	0.001
High expression	65 (50)	28 (50)	37 (50)
Low expression	66 (50)	28 (50)	38 (50)
TXR1
Expression value, median (range)	1.21 (0.02–7.8)	1.19 (0.02–6.7)	1.21 (0.12–7.8)	0.92
High expression	65 (50)	28(50)	36 (50)
Low expression	66 (50)	28(50)	38 (50)
TSP1
Expression value, median (range)	0.24 (0.02–1.87)	0.23 (0.02–1.54)	0.24 (0.02–1.87)	1.0
High expression	65 (50)	28 (50)	36 (50)
Low expression	66 (50)	28 (50)	38 (50)

Abbreviations: BRCA1=breast cancer 1 gene; TSP1=thrombospondin 1; TXR1=taxol resistance gene 1.

^aMann–Whitney U-test, P-value.