Table 1.

Association between MAGE-A6 expressions (staining intensity and H-score) and clinic-pathological parameters of BC cases (p value, Pearson’s chi-square test).

Patients and tumor characteristics	Total samples N (%)	Nuclear expression of MAGE-A11		Cytoplasmic expression of MAGE-A11
		Staining Intensity	H-score	Staining Intensity	H-score
Median age
Years
≤ 67	108 (51)	0.079		0.638
> 67	105 (49)	0.075		0.932
Gender
Male	170 (80)	0.708		0.603
Female	43 (20)	0.839		0.372
Mean tumor size (cm)
≤ 2.5	134 (63)	0.741		0.139
> 2.5	79 (37)	0.789		0.125
Histological grade
Low	94 (44)	0.349		< 0.0001
High	119 (56)	0.554		< 0.0001
pT stage
pTa	87 (40.8)
pT1	95 (44.6)	0.219		< 0.0001
pT2	31 (14.6)	0.579		< 0.0001
pT3	0 (0)
pT4	0 (0)
Lamina propria involvement
Involved	126 (59)	0.292		< 0.0001
None	87 (41)	0.954		< 0.0001
Muscularis invasion
Involved	31 (14.6)	0.14		0.334
None	182 (85.4)	0.339		0.684
Lamina propria/muscularis involvement (L/M)
L − /M-	87 (40.8)	0.219
L + /M-	95 (44.6)	0.579		0.0001
L + /M +	31 (41.6)			< 0.0001
Recurrence
Present	57 (27)	0.577		0.203
Absent	156 (73)	0.692		0.695
Distant metastasis
Present	33 (15.5)	0.262		0.097
Absent	180 (84.5)	0.49		0.932

Bold numbers represent significant p values.