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. 2014 Jan 30;110(6):1420–1426. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2014.26

Table 3. Prognostic factors affecting survival outcomes on univariate analysis.

 
 
LRRFS
DFS
OS
Variables n 5-year rate P 5-year rate P 5-year rate P
ENI
 
 
0.9716
 
0.7328
 
0.6686
 No 124 95.9%   90.2%   96.7%  
 Yes
136
95.3%
 
90.9%
 
96.2%
 
Age
 
 
0.3540
 
0.0770
 
0.9058
 <40 years 71 95.8%   87.3%   97.1%  
 ⩾40 years
189
95.5%
 
91.8%
 
96.2%
 
Clinical T
 
 
0.5083
 
0.7017
 
0.0804
 cT1–2 203 94.8%   89.9%   95.4%  
 cT3–4
57
98.2%
 
92.7%
 
100%
 
Molecular subtype
 
 
0.8601
 
0.7186
 
0.7447
 Luminal 95 95.4%   92.2%   97.9%  
 Triple-negative 62 96.8%   88.7%   96.8%  
 HER2-positive
73
95.7%
 
93.0%
 
95.5%
 
NAC regimen
 
 
0.7028
 
0.3752
 
0.7439
 AT 107 96.2%   90.6%   97.2%  
 AC 72 97.0%   92.8%   97.1%  
 Taxane 30 92.1%   92.1%   96.7%  
 Others
51
93.8%
 
86.1%
 
93.3%
 
No. of sampled LNs
 
 
0.1609
 
0.0099
 
0.0984
 <13 105 93.5%   85.0%   94.9%  
 ⩾13
155
96.7%
 
94.1%
 
97.4%
 
Pathologic T
 
 
0.1074
 
0.0086
 
0.0012
 ypT0-is 102 98.0%   97.0%   100%  
 ypT1 116 93.4%   86.6%   91.9%  
 ypT2-4
42
95.2%
 
85.6%
 
100%
 
Hormone treatment
 
 
0.8870
 
0.4400
 
0.7767
 Yes 103 94.8%   91.8%   96.9%  
 No 157 96.1%   89.7%   96.1%  

Abbreviations: DFS=disease-free survival; ENI=elective nodal irradiation; HER2=human epidermal growth factor receptor-2; LN=lymph node; LRRFS=locoregional recurrence-free survival; NAC=neoadjuvant chemotherapy; OS=overall survival.