Skip to main content

Table 5 Associations of cluster A, B, C and D to clinical characteristics.

From: CD44 isoforms are heterogeneously expressed in breast cancer and correlate with tumor subtypes and cancer stem cell markers

 

All

n = 187(%)

Cluster A

n = 35 (%)

Cluster B

n = 46 (%)

Cluster C

n = 53(%)

Cluster D

n = 53(%)

P1

Age

180

    

0.014

   < 50 years

47 (26)

3(9)

9(20)

15(30)

20(38)

 

   ≥50 years

133 (74)

30(91)

36(80)

35(70)

32(62)

 

Tumor size

167

    

0.601

   ≤20 mm

46 (28)

11(33)

13(30)

13(28)

9(20)

 

   > 20 mm

121 (72)

22(67)

30(70)

34(72)

35(80)

 

Lymph node status

166

    

0.161

   Negative (n = 0)

52 (31)

8(24)

10(23)

15(32)

19(44)

 

   Positive (n > 0)

114 (69)

25(76)

33(77)

32(68)

24(56)

 

S-phase fraction

119

    

0.001

   Low (< 12%)

75 (63)

19(79)

25(86)

12(43)

19(50)

 

   High (≥12%)

44 (37)

5(21)

4(14)

16(57)

19(50)

 

ER

180

    

0.009

   Negative (< 25 fmol/mg)

86 (48)

12(34)

15(33)

32(62)

27(56)

 

   Positive (≥25 fmol/mg)

94 (52)

23(66)

30(67)

20(38)

21(44)

 

PgR

178

    

0.023

   Negative (< 25 fmol/mg)

107 (60)

16(48)

20(47)

38(73)

33(66)

 

   Positive (≥25 fmol/mg)

71 (40)

17(52)

23(53)

14(27)

17(34)

 

HER2

82

    

0.012

   Weak/negative

63 (77)

8(62)

24(92)

15(60)

16(89)

 

   Strong (score = 3)

19 (23)

5(38)

2(8)

10(40)

2(11)

 

EGFR

69

    

0.188

   Weak/negative

58 (84)

10(100)

15(79)

20(91)

13(72)

 

   Strong (score≥7)

11 (16)

0(0)

4(21)

2(9)

5(28)

 

PTEN

110

    

0.511

   Negative

34 (31)

5(26)

7(23)

12(40)

10(33)

 

   Positive

76 (69)

14(74)

24(77)

18(60)

20(67)

 

PIK3CA

107

    

0.015

   Wildtype

76 (71)

10(56)

16(55)

26(87)

24(80)

 

   Mutation

31 (29)

8(44)

13(45)

4(13)

6(20)

 

Distant metastasis

149

    

0.269

   Negative

99 (66)

22(67)

32(78)

23(59)

22(61)

 

   Positive

50 (33)

11(33)

9(22)

16(51)

14(39)

 
  1. Unsupervised hierarchical clustering using all four isoforms of CD44 was performed to obtain the different clusters.
  2. 1 Fisher's exact test