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. 2011 Nov 17;105(12):1920–1926. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2011.494

Table 3. Two and three markers analyses.

Biomarkers Patients % Median PFS months Hazard ratio P-value (log-rank test) Median survival months Hazard ratio P-value (log-rank test)
High PTEN loss and high PIK3CA gain
 No 45 62 4.27     12.3    
 Yes 27 38 3.02 2.23 0.002 4.93 2.38 <0.001
                 
Low CEN7/cell, high PTEN loss, and high PIK3CA gain
 No 50 69 4.21     12.26    
 Yes 22 31 2.04 2.54 <0.001 4.34 4.04 <0.001
                 
Low EGFR/CEN7 gain, high PTEN loss, and high PIK3CA gain
 No 56 78 4.04     10.4    
 Yes 16 22 2.04 2.62 0.002 4.93 3.37 <0.001
                 
Low EGFR gain, high PTEN loss, and high PIK3CA gain
 No 55 76 4.04     10.36    
 Yes 17 24 2.04 2.52 0.003 4.93 3.35 <0.001
                 
Wild Type (n=37)
High PTEN loss and high PIK3CA gain
  No 20 54 3.55     12.3    
  Yes 17 46 3.02 1.84 0.09 5.49 2.41 0.012
                 
Low CEN7/cell, high PTEN loss, and high PIK3CA gain
  No 24 65 3.35     12.5    
  Yes 13 35 2.04 2.41 0.02 4.18 6.77 <0.001
                 
Low EGFR/CEN7 gain, high PTEN loss, and high PIK3CA gain
  No 27 73 3.35     10.6    
  Yes 10 27 2.04 1.94 0.098 5.49 3.97 0.001
                 
Low EGFR gain, high PTEN loss, and high PIK3CA gain
  No 26 70 3.25     10.64    
  Yes 11 30 2.04 1.84 0.13 5.49 3.97 0.001
EGFR Mutant (n=15)
High PTEN loss, high PIK3CA gain yes/no
  No 12 80 16.31     26.4    
  Yes 3 20 4.54 5.01 0.02* 5.57 8.14 0.002
                 
Low CEN7/cell, high PTEN loss, and high PIK3CA gain
  No 13 87 16.31     26.4    
  Yes 2 13 9.07 3.07 0.2* 11.5 4.35* 0.07

Abbreviations: CEN7=chromosome 7; EGFR=epidermal growth factor receptor; PFS=progression-free survival; PI3KCA=phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha; PTEN=phosphatase and tensin homologue.

*P-values, though statistically significant, are reflective of a small sample size.