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. 2012 Apr 6;25(8):1106–1116. doi: 10.1038/modpathol.2012.60

Table 1. Clinicopathological criteria of locally advanced primary breast cancer patients who underwent neoadjuvant anthracycline-based chemotherapy.

  Thioredoxin
Thioredoxin reductase
TxNIP
Glutathione S-transferase π
Glutathione S-transferase θ
Catalase
Manganese superoxide
  Low (%) High (%) P-value Low (%) High (%) P-value Low (%) High (%) P-value Low (%) High (%) P-value Low (%) High (%) P-value Low (%) High (%) P-value Low (%) High (%) P-value
Age (years)
 ≤40 10 (71) 4 (29) 0.217 7 (47) 8 (53) 0.393 6 (38) 10 (62) 0.352 7 (54) 6 (46) 0.747 8 (67) 4 (33) 0.284 9 (60) 6 (40) 0.790 7 (47) 8 (53) 0.840
 41–60 20 (47) 23 (53)   24 (56) 19 (44)   33 (58) 24 (42)   19 (46) 22 (54)   17 (43) 23 (57)   20 (50) 20 (50)   22 (54) 19 (46)  
 >60 6 (43) 8 (57)   10 (71) 4 (29)   9 (53) 8 (47)   8 (57) 6 (43)   8 (57) 6 (43)   7 (50) 7 (50)   6 (46) 7 (54)  
 Total 36 35   41 31   48 42   34 34   33 33   36 33   35 34  
                                           
Histology
 Ductal NST 35 (53) 31 (47) 0.170* 38 (57) 29 (43) 0.632* 43 (52) 40 (48) 0.276* 33 (52) 30 (48) 0.178* 30 (48) 32 (52) 0.307* 34 (53) 30 (47) 0.458* 33 (52) 31 (48) 0.486*
 Lobular 1 (20) 4 (80)   3 (60) 2 (40)   5 (71) 2 (29)   1 (20) 4 (80)   3 (75) 1 (25)   2 (40) 3 (60)   2 (40) 3 (60)  
 Total 36 35   41 31         34 34   33 33   36 33   35 34  
                                           
TNM stage
 2 4 (50) 4 (50) 0.593* 3 (33) 6 (67) 0.135* 6 (40) 9 (60) 0.293 5 (63) 3 (37) 0.337* 3 (43) 4 (57) 0.537* 5 (63) 3 (37) 0.408* 5 (63) 3 (37) 0.372*
 3 31 (53) 28 (47)   35 (59) 24 (41)   39 (55) 32 (45)   27 (47) 30 (53)   27 (49) 28 (51)   29 (51) 28 (49)   28 (49) 29 (51)  
 Total 35 32   38 30   45 41   32 33   30 32   34 31   33 32  
                                           
ER status
 Negative 18 (49) 19 (51) 0.718 20 (53) 18 (47) 0.435 23 (52) 21 (48) 0.844 16 (46) 19 (54) 0.467 15 (43) 20 (57) 0.218 21 (60) 14 (40) 0.187 15 (43) 20 (57) 0.185
 Positive 18 (53) 16 (47)   21 (62) 13 (38)   25 (54) 21 (46)   18 (55) 15 (45)   18 (58) 13 (42)   15 (44) 19 (66)   20 (59) 14 (41)  
 Total 36 35   41 31   48 42   34 34   33 33   36 33   35 34  
                                           
PgR status
 Negative 20 (54) 17 (46) 0.329 21 (55) 17 (45) 0.464 25 (56) 20 (44) 0.066 17 (49) 18 (51) 0.916 16 (47) 18 (53) 0.316 25 (69) 11 (31) 0.198 18 (50) 18 (50) 0.862
 Positive 9 (41) 13 (59)   10 (45) 12 (55)   11 (34) 21 (66)   11 (50) 11 (50)   7 (33) 14 (67)   11 (52) 10 (48)   11 (52) 10 (48)  
 Total 29 30   31 29   36 41   28 29   23 32   36 21   29 28  
                                           
HER status
 Negative 17 (43) 23 (57) 0.458 20 (48) 22 (52) 0.174 29 (52) 27 (48) 0.635 18 (45) 22 (55) 0.107 15 (38) 24 (62) 0.116 24 (60) 16 (40) 0.677 21 (54) 18 (46) 0.647
 Positive 12 (52) 11 (48)   15 (65) 8 (35)   12 (46) 14 (54)   14 (67) 7 (33)   12 (60) 8 (40)   12 (55) 10 (45)   11 (48) 12 (52)  
 Total 29 34   35 30   41 41   32 29   27 32   36 26   32 30  
                                           
Pathological complete response
 CR 7 (54) 6 (46) 0.802 7 (50) 7 (50) 0.559 7 (44) 9 (56) 0.397 3 (25) 9 (75) 0.050* 6 (46) 7 (54) 0.757 10 (77) 3 (23) 0.045* 8 (62) 5 (38) 0.387
 Non-CR 29 (50) 29 (50)   34 (59) 24 (41)   41 (55) 33 (45)   31 (55) 25 (45)   27 (51) 26 (49)   26 (46) 30 (54)   27 (48) 29 (52)  
 Total 36 35   41 31   48 42   34 34   33 33   36 33   35 34  
                                           
Clinical complete response
 CR 15 (56) 12 (44) 0.522 14 (50) 14 (50) 0.342 13 (43) 17 (57) 0.202 16 (64) 9 (36) 0.078 15 (60) 10 (40) 0.205 16 (59) 11 (41) 0.345 16 (59) 11 (41) 0.256
 Non-CR 21 (48) 23 (52)   27 (61) 17 (39)   34 (58) 25 (42)   18 (42) 25 (58)   18 (44) 23 (56)   20 (48) 22 (52)   19 (45) 23 (55)  
 Total 36 35   41 31   47 42   34 34   33 33   36 33   35 34  

Pearson's χ2 test of association values stated unless the frequency of observations in a cell was <5; therefore, Fisher's exact stated (indicated by *). Statistically significant P-values are indicated by bold font.