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. 2011 Feb 8;104(5):850–855. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2011.22

Table 1. Independent prognosis factors in multivariate Cox proportional hazards analysis.

  Disease-free survival
Overall survival
Variables P-value HR 95% CI P-value HR 95% CI
Age NS NS
Gender NS NS
Alcohol habit NS NS
Smoking habit 0.0070 3.365 1.387–8.165 NS
Pathological T stage 0.0001 5.505 2.417–12.540 0.0001 4.574 2.006–10.429
Cellular differentiation 0.0380 2.448 1.051–5.701 NS
Mode of invasion NS NS
pN NS NS
ECS 0.0001 7.345 3.269–16.501 0.0001 5.986 2.460–14.566
CCND1 numerical aberration NS NS
EGFR numerical aberration NS NS

Abbreviations: CI=confidence interval; ECS=extracapsular spread; EGFR=epidermal growth factor receptor gene; HR=hazard ratio; NS=not significant; pN=pathologically positive node.