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. 2020 Feb 18;10:148. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2020.00148

Table 4.

Multivariable Cox models for metastasis breast cancer patients in surgery and non–surgery set.

Variables OS BCSS
No surgery Surgery No surgery Surgery
HR (95% CI) p-value HR (95% CI) p-value HR (95% CI) p-value HR (95% CI) p-value
Age <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
<35 Reference Reference Reference Reference
    35–49 1.02 (0.78–1.33) 0.888 1.24 (0.89–1.75) 0.221 1.03 (0.78–1.36) 0.817 1.35 (0.94–1.92) 0.100
    50–69 1.24 (0.96–1.60) 0.097 1.36 (0.98–1.89) 0.059 1.24 (0.95–1.61) 0.112 1.43 (1.01–2.02) 0.042
    ≥ 70 1.58 (1.21–2.05) 0.001 2.05 (1.45–2.88) <0.001 1.50 (1.14–1.97) 0.004 1.93 (1.35–2.77) <0.001
T stage <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
    T1 Reference Reference Reference <0.001 Reference
    T2 1.01 (0.87–1.16) 0.946 1.22 (0.99–1.51) 0.121 1.01 (0.87–1.18) 0.903 1.24 (0.99–1.54) 0.059
    T3 1.14 (0.97–1.33) 0.115 1.36 (1.08–1.72) 0.011 1.15 (0.97–1.36) 0.105 1.32 (1.04–1.69) 0.024
    T4 1.22 (1.06–1.41) 0.005 1.80 (1.45–2.25) <0.001 1.24 (1.07–1.44) 0.004 1.75 (1.39–2.20) <0.001
N stage 0.037 0.160
    N0 Reference Reference
    N1 0.87 (0.74–1.04) 0.118 0.90 (0.75–1.07) 0.241
    N2 0.99 (0.81–1.19) 0.872 0.98 (0.81–1.20) 0.871
    N3 1.08 (0.90–1.29) 0.438 1.07 (0.88–1.29) 0.506
Grade <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
    High, I Reference Reference Reference Reference
    Intermediate, II 1.28 (1.07–1.52) 0.006 1.25 (0.94–1.66) 0.121 1.29 (1.07–1.55) 0.008 1.44 (1.05–1.98) 0.026
    Low, III 1.68 (1.40–2.01) <0.001 1.81 (1.36–2.40) <0.001 1.74 (1.44–2.10) <0.001 2.10 (1.52–2.87) <0.001
    Anaplastic, IV 2.14 (1.36–3.37) 0.001 1.73 (0.88–3.43) 0.115 2.05 (1.26–3.35) 0.004 2.24 (1.11–4.49) 0.024
Distant metastasis <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
    Bone only Reference Reference Reference Reference
    Liver only 1.11 (0.92–1.35) 0.287 1.66 (1.35–2.04) <0.001 1.13 (0.92–1.38) 0.250 1.57 (1.26–1.94) <0.001
    Lung only 1.02 (0.87–1.20) 0.808 1.07 (0.88–1.29) 0.514 1.05 (0.88–1.24) 0.595 0.99 (0.81–1.21) 0.942
    Brain only 2.39 (1.63–3.49) <0.001 2.44 (1.51–3.92) <0.001 2.58 (1.76–3.77) <0.001 2.23 (1.34–3.69) 0.002
    Other site 0.93 (0.79–1.10) 0.410 0.90 (0.76–1.08) 0.256 0.91 (0.77–1.09) 0.317 0.83 (0.69–1.00) 0.055
Multiple sites 1.57 (1.42–1.74) <0.001 1.78 (1.53–2.06) <0.001 1.62 (1.46–1.80) <0.001 1.82 (1.56–2.12) <0.001
ER status
    Negative Reference Reference Reference Reference
    Positive 0.57 (0.50–0.64) <0.001 0.78 (0.66–0.91) 0.002 0.58 (0.51–0.67) <0.001 0.76 (0.64–0.89) 0.001
PR status
    Negative Reference Reference Reference Reference
    Positive 0.71 (0.63–0.80) <0.001 0.54 (0.46–0.63) <0.001 0.68 (0.60–0.76) <0.001 0.51 (0.43–0.59) <0.001
HER2 status
    Negative Reference Reference Reference Reference
    Positive 0.61 (0.55–0.68) <0.001 0.43 (0.37–0.49) <0.001 0.60 (0.53–0.67) <0.001 0.43 (0.37–0.50) <0.001
Radiation
    No Reference Reference Reference Reference
    Yes 1.10 (1.01–1.21) 0.037 0.79 (0.71–0.89) <0.001 1.12 (1.02–1.24) 0.020 0.80 (0.71–0.90) <0.001
Chemotherapy
    No Reference Reference Reference Reference
    Yes 0.68 (0.62–0.75) <0.001 0.74 (0.64–0.85) <0.001 0.69 (0.62–0.76) <0.001 0.74 (0.64–0.86) <0.001
Surgery type
    Lumpectomy/mastectomy Reference Reference
    Radical mastectomy 1.10 (0.98–1.24) 0.117 1.10 (0.97–1.25) 0.136