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. 2020 Mar 14;12(3):e7269. doi: 10.7759/cureus.7269

Table 3. Adjuvant chemotherapy treatment decisions divided by Nottingham Prognostic Index (NPI) score for patients selected for Oncotype DX (ODX) testing compared to patients not genetically profiled.

*P values relate to Mann-Whitney tests comparing ODX and non-ODX groups; †, data excluded from statistical analysis due to non-positive values in both groups; NPI, Nottingham Prognostic Index; ODX group, patients with cancers that were genetically profiled through Oncotype DX testing; non-ODX group, patients that did not have Oncotype DX testing.

  Multidisciplinary team decision to offer chemotherapy P-value*
All patients ODX group Non-ODX Group
All patients, N 24/133 18/46 6/87 <0.0001
Patients with excellent NPI (≤2.4), n (%) 1/60 (45.1%) 1/6 (16.7%) 0/54 (0.0%) 0.1000
Patients with good NPI (2.41–3.4), n (%) 7/45 (33.8%) 6/21 (28.6%) 1/24 (4.2%) 0.0389
Patients with moderate NPI (3.41–5.4), n (%) 16/28 (21.1%) 11/19 (57.9%) 5/9 (55.6%) >0.9999
Patients with poor NPI (≥5.41), n (%) 0/0 (0.0%) 0/0 (0.0%)† 0/0 (0.0%)†