Table 5. Pearson correlation of MAGE expression with known prognostic markers.

		T	N	M	ECE	L	V	Grading	R	HPV-DNA	HPV-DNA, p16	Sex	Primary Site	Smoking
pan-MAGE (M3H67)	Correlation Coefficient	0.148	0.112	(-)0.064	0.047	0.102	0.069	0.062	0.02	(-)0.115	(-)0.172	(-)0.02	0.07	0.158
	p-value	0.002**	0.023*	0.188	0.547	0.207	0.408	0.251	0.73	0.018*	<0.001***	0.674	0.152	0.004**
	number of cases	420	415	423	167	155	147	346	311	424	420	424	424	326
MAGE-A3/A4 (57B)	Correlation Coefficient	0.107	0.074	(-)0.032	(-)0.004	0.1	0.106	0.065	0.049	(-)0.14	(-)0.146	(-)0.012	0.082	0.113
	p-value	0.029*	0.131	0.506	0.964	0.216	0,2	0.229	0.385	0.004**	0.003**	0.799	0.092	0.042*
	number of cases	420	415	423	167	155	147	346	312	424	420	424	424	326
MAGE-A1 (MA454)	Correlation Coefficient	0.168	0.148	0.034	0.027	0.079	0.078	(-)0.001	0.08	(-)0.079	(-)0.096	(-)0.06	0.089	0.035
	p-value	0.001**	0.002**	0.488	0.731	0.33	0.349	0.984	0.157	0.105	0.049*	0.216	0.065	0.528
	number of cases	421	416	424	167	155	147	346	312	425	421	425	425	327

Numbers of cases represent those for which data for both compared variables were available.

Abbreviations: T=T-classification, N=N-classification, M=M-classification, ECE=extracapsular extension, L=Lymphangiosis, V=vascular tumor emboli, R=resection margin status, HPV=human papilloma virus.