Table 3. Stratification analysis of Oct-4 and Nanog expression in 126 breast cancer samples.
Factors | N | Oct+ | Nan+ | Nan/Oct+ | Nan/Oct− | P1 | P2 | P3 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | ||||||||
< 35 Y | 18 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0.062 | 0.499 | 0.281 |
> 35 Y | 108 | 48 | 39 | 24 | 45 | |||
Tumor size | 24 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0.562 | 0.005 | 0.016 |
T1 | ||||||||
T2 | 83 | 37 | 36 | 20 | 30 | |||
T3 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 9 | |||
Histological grade | ||||||||
I | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 |
II | 57 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 39 | |||
III | 54 | 39 | 35 | 22 | 2 | |||
Clinical stage | ||||||||
DCIS | 16 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.151 | 0.280 | 0.189 |
IDC | 110 | 43 | 39 | 25 | 53 | |||
Lymph node metastasis | ||||||||
pN0 | 50 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 31 | 0.006 | 0.001 | 0.001 |
pN1 | 44 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 15 | |||
pN2 | 27 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 6 | |||
pN3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||
Molecular type | ||||||||
Luminal A | 69 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 35 | 0.001 | 0.005 | 0.001 |
Luminal B | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||
Basal-like | 19 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 2 | |||
Her-2+ | 26 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 11 |
DCIS, ductal carcinoma in situ; IDC, Invasive ductal carcinoma; P1: Oct-4; P2: Nanog; P3: Oct-4+/Nanog+.