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. 2019 Dec 10;14(12):e0225082. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225082

Table 1. Analysis of factors related to PDX models.

Factors PDX status
Failure (%) Success (%) p-value
Age (years) <60 43 (67.2%) 14 (73.7%) 0.592
≥60 21 (32.8%) 5 (26.3%)
T stage -T1 34 (56.7%) 5 (26.3%) 0.038
T2 22 (36.7%) 10 (52.6%)
T3-T4 4 (6.7%) 4 (21.1%)
Nodal status Negative 40 (65.6%) 8 (47.1%) 0.165
Positive 21 (34.4%) 9 (52.9%)
Histologic grade I/II 33 (56.9%) 3 (15.8%) 0.002
III 25 (43.1%) 16 (84.2%)
ER Negative 51 (79.7%) 19 (100.0%) 0.032
Positive 13 (20.3%) 0 (0.0%)
PR Negative 55 (85.9%) 19 (100.0%) 0.083
Positive 9 (14.1%) 0 (0.0%)
HER2 Negative 56 (87.5%) 19 (100.0%) 0.105
Positive 8 (12.5%) 0 (0.0%)
Ki67 (%, n = 79) <39 (n = 41) 38 (62.3%) 3 (16.7%) 0.001
≥39 (n = 38) 23 (37.7%) 15 (83.3%)
BRCA mutation Absent 61(96.9%) 15(78.9%) 0.005
Present 2(3.1%) 4(21.1%)
Survival status Live 62(96.9%) 15(78.9%) 0.008
Death 2(3.1%) 4(21.1%)
Aggressive diseases* Absent 54 (87.5%) 10 (63.2%) 0.004
Present 10 (12.5%) 9 (36.8%)

ER, estrogen receptor; PR, progesterone receptor; HER2, human epidermal growth factor receptor; Ki67: cell proliferation index

* Aggressive diseases were considered to be progressive diseases during neoadjuvant chemotherapy, recurrent, and metastatic disease