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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gynecol Oncol. 2014 Mar 25;133(3):473–479. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2014.03.563

Table 5. Prognostic factors of high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma.

Progression-free survival Overall survival

No. HR (95%CI) P-value HR (95%CI) P-value
Age 0.38 0.90
 < 70 90 1 1
 ≥ 70 31 0.80 (0.49-1.32) 0.97 (0.55-1.70)

Race 0.74 0.81
 Non-White 19 1 1
 White 102 0.91 (0.51-1.61) 0.92 (0.48-1.76)

CA125 (IU/L) 0.18 0.66
 <35 2 1 1
 ≥35 60 3.57 (0.48-26.4) 1.56 (0.21-11.5)

LVSI 0.001* 0.01*
 No 20 1 1
 Yes 101 2.81 (1.45-5.44) 2.84 (1.23-6.59)

Stage 0.006 0.09
 I and II 6 1 1
 III and IV 115 9.78 (1.34-71.3) 4.71 (0.65-34.0)

Cytoreduction <0.001* <0.001*
 Suboptimal 71 1 1
 Optimal 50 0.39 (0.25-0.61) 0.32 (0.19-0.56)

p53 0.45 0.79
 No 34 1 1
 Yes 85 0.84 (0.53-1.32) 0.93 (0.54-1.59)

MDR1 0.58 0.89
 No 96 1 1
 Yes 16 1.18 (0.66-2.10) 0.95 (0.48-1.88)

EGFR 0.18 0.16
 No 48 1 1
 Yes 63 1.36 (0.87-2.13) 1.47 (0.85-2.53)

HER2 0.89 0.57
 No 88 1 1
 Yes 32 1.04 (0.63-1.71) 1.19 (0.67-2.11)

ER 0.042 0.22
 No 15 1 1
 Yes 98 2.03 (1.01-4.06) 1.76 (0.70-4.40)

PR 0.42 0.83
 No 102 1 1
 Yes 10 0.71 (0.31-1.63) 0.90 (0.36-2.25)

DNA aneuploid 0.19 0.99
 No 19 1 1
 Yes 99 0.69 (0.40-1.20) 1.01 (0.53-1.93)

S-phase fraction 0.87 0.65
<11% 70 1 1
≥11% 48 0.97 (0.63-1.48) 1.12 (0.67-1.83)

P-values for Log-rank test (univariate).

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LVSI and optimal cytoreduction remained significant variables in multivariate analysis (Cox proportional hazard regression test with conditional backward method). Abbreviations: No., number of cases; HR, hazard ratio; 95%CI, 95% confidence interval; MDR1, multi-drug resistance 1; EGFR, epidermal growth factor receptor, HER2, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; ER, estrogen receptor alpha; and PR, progesterone receptor.