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Table 4 Univariate analyses of clinicopathological factors and molecular markers

From: Prognostic significance of bcl-2 expression in stage III breast cancer patients who had received doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide followed by paclitaxel as adjuvant chemotherapy

  

Number

3 yr DFS

P

3 yr OS

P

Tumor size

< 5 cm

≥5 cm

121

30

78.6%

42.3%

0.038

92.1%

91.1%

0.952

Number of lymph nodes

4–9

≥10

79

72

89.8%

52.7%

< 0.001

100%

83.7%

0.001

Surgery

MRM

BCS

120

31

70.0%

79.0%

0.808

90.9%

96.3%

0.953

Histology

Ductal

Others

138

13

71.1%

76.9%

0.461

91.0%

100.0%

0.323

Histologic grade

I, II

III

65

76

74.7%

69.5%

0.160

98.4%

84.3%

0.043

Endolymphatic tumor emboli

absent

present

5

116

55.6%

71.7%

0.459

100%

91.6%

0.490

Close RM

≤2 mm

> 2 mm

5

146

70.8%

80.0%

0.590

91.5%

100%

0.475

ER

(-)

(+)

68

83

64.9%

77.2%

0.013

83.4%

100%

0.006

PR

(-)

(+)

92

59

68.3%

76.2%

0.136

87.1%

100%

0.121

p53

≤25%

>25%

105

46

75.5%

62.1%

0.032

93.8%

87.8%

0.213

bcl-2

(-)

(+)

59

92

62.0%

77.6%

0.002

83.9%

97.4%

0.009

c-erbB2

(-) to (2+)

(3+)

121

30

74.3%

60.6%

0.112

96.3%

79.6%

0.050

Ki-67

< 5%

≥5%

94

56

85.6%

61.8%

0.146

91.0%

92.4%

0.631