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. 2017 Feb 6;8(10):16642–16649. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.15120

Table 1. Patient clinic and histopathologic characteristics in relation to prognosis.

Variable Overall(n = 79) Non-relapsed(n = 58) Relapsed(n = 21) p-value#
Median (range) Median (range) Median (range)
Age 57 (33–89) 57 (33–89) 59 (42–79) 0.698
No. (%) No. (%) No. (%)
Histological subtype
 A 23 (29.1) 17 (29.3) 6 (28.6) 0.984
 B 21 (26.6) 16 (27.6) 5 (23.8)
 C 20 (25.3) 14 (24.1) 6 (28.5)
 D 15 (19.0) 11 (19.0) 4 (19.1)
ER
 0 31 (39.2) 23 (39.7) 8 (38.1) 0.900
 >0 48 (60.8) 35 (60.3) 13 (61.9)
PGR
 0 40 (50.6) 29 (50.0) 11 (52.4) 0.852
 > 0 39 (49.4) 29 (50.0) 10 (47.6)
KI67
 0–19 39 (49.4) 29 (50.0) 10 (47.6) 0.852
 ≥ 20 40 (50.6) 29 (50.0) 11 (52.4)
HER2 Status
 NEG 50 (64.9) 37 (64.9) 13 (65.0) 0.994
 POS 27 (35.1) 20 (35.1) 7 (35.0)
Grading
 G1 4 (5.5) 3 (5.4) 1 (5.9) 1.000
 G2 27 (36.9) 21 (37.5) 6 (35.3)
 G3 42 (57.6) 32 (57.1) 10 (58.8)
Therapy
 CT 27 (39.1) 19 (38.0) 8 (42.1) 0.353
 HT 21 (30.4) 18 (36.0) 3 (15.8)
 CT + BT 14 (20.3) 9 (18.0) 5 (26.3)
 CT + HT +/– BT 7 (10.2) 4 (8.0) 3 (15.8)

#Two-sample Wilcoxon rank-sum (Mann-Whitney) test for age, fisher exact test for histological subtype, grading and type of therapy and chi square for the remaining variables.

CT, chemotherapy; HT, hormonal therapy; BT, biological therapy.