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. 2015 Oct 15;7(10):2072–2081.

Table 3.

Relation of clinicopathological features with TP53 and ATRX mutations in leiomyosarcoma

TP53 mutation ATRX mutation


(+) (-) (+) (-)


N (%) N (%) P value N (%) N (%) P value
Sex 0.006 0.44
    Male 0 (0%) 11 (31%) 1 (11%) 10 (22%)
    Female 19 (100%) 24 (69%) 8 (88%) 35 (78%)
Tumor site 0.018 0.085
    Uterus 11 (58%) 13 (37%) 7 (78%) 17 (38%)
    Retroperitoneum 6 (32%) 5 (14%) 1 (11%) 10 (22%)
    Others 2 (11%) 17 (49%) 1 (11%) 18 (40%)
Age (mean ± SD) 54.8±10.8 53.1±13.9 0.651 54.46±12.9 53.6±12.9 0.651
Tumor size (cm) (mean ± SD) 12.8±5.6 9.1±4.0 0.012 13.4±4.1 10.7±.5.0 0.097
Cell morphology 0.840 1.000
    Spindle 13 (68%) 23 (66%) 6 (67%) 30 (67%)
    Epithelioid/pleomorphic 6 (32%) 12 (34%) 3 (33%) 15 (30%)
Mitotic activity 0.302 0.180
    1-9/10 HPF 1 (6%) 7 (12%) 0 (0%) 8 (21%)
    10-19/10 HPF 11 (65%) 15 (52%) 4 (50%) 22 (56%)
    >19/10 HPF 5 (29%) 8 (36%) 4 (50%) 9 (23%)
Tumor differentiation 0.937 0.028
    Well/Moderately 10 (59%) 18 (60%) 2 (25%) 26 (67%)
    Poorly 7 (41%) 12 (40%) 6 (75%) 13 (33%)
Necrosis 0.126 0.015
    Absent 1 (19%) 7 (0%) 0 (0%) 8 (21%)
    Present 16 (81%) 23 (100%) 8 (100%) 31 (79%)
ATRX expression 0.167 0.207
    Lost 9 (47%) 10 (29%) 5 (55%) 15 (33%)
    Intact 10 (53%) 25 (71%) 4 (44%) 30 (67%)
ALT 0.163 0.008
    Negative 5 (26%) 16 (46%) 0 (0%) 21 (47%)
    Positive 14 (74%) 19 (54%) 9 (100%) 24 (53%)