Figure 3.
Kaplan–Meier and Aalen-Johansen survival by podocalyxin immunoexpression. (a) The association of disease-specific survival (DSS) and podocalyxin immunoexpression based on polyclonal (pAb), HPA2110 and monoclonal antibodies (mAb), HES9 combined among non-responders. A categorization for podocalyxin expression with three groups was created as follows: 1, strong staining for both pAb and mAb (both scored 3); 2, either exhibiting strong staining (either scored 3); and 3, both staining weakly (both scored 0–2), corresponding to strong, moderate, and weak, respectively. Non-responders were defined as a class 4 or 5 response corresponding to > 50% residual tumor cells. Kaplan–Meier analysis. Log-rank test was used for statistical significance. (b) The association of progression-free survival (PFS) and podocalyxin immunoexpression based on polyclonal (pAb) and monoclonal antibodies (mAb) combined among non-responders. A categorization for podocalyxin expression with three groups was created as follows: 1, strong staining for both pAb and mAb (both scored 3); 2, either exhibiting strong staining (either scored 3); and 3, both staining weakly (both scored 0–2), corresponding to strong, moderate, and weak, respectively. Non-responders were defined as a class 4 or 5 response corresponding to > 50% residual tumor cells. Death from any cause (overall survival, OS) was used as a competing event. Aalen-Johansen analysis. Gray's test was used for statistical significance. (c) The association of progression-free survival (PFS) and podocalyxin immunoexpression with polyclonal antibody HPA2110, (pAb) in the upfront surgery group. Podocalyxin expressions were grouped as follows: 1, strong staining for pAb (scored 3); and 2, moderate, weak or negative staining for pAb (scored 0–2) corresponding to strong and weak, respectively. Upfront surgery patients included for the analysis. Aalen-Johansen analysis. Death from any cause (overall survival, OS) was used as a competing event. Grays' test was used for statistical significance. (d) The association of progression-free survival (PFS) and podocalyxin immunoexpression with monoclonal antibody HES9, (mAb) in the upfront surgery group. Podocalyxin expressions were grouped as follows: 1, strong staining for mAb (scored 3); and 2, moderate, weak or negative staining for mAb (scored 0–2) corresponding to strong and weak, respectively. Upfront surgery patients included for the analysis. Aalen-Johansen analysis. Death from any cause (overall survival, OS) was used as a competing event. Grays' test was used for statistical significance.