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Table 2 Hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of prognostic factors in patients with invasive breast cancer by univariate and multivariate Cox regression analysis

From: Aggressive primary treatments with favourable 5-year survival for screen-interval breast cancers

 

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

   

With adjustment on TNM stage

Without adjustment on TNM stage

HR

95% CI

p

HR

95% CI

p

HR

95% CI

p

Mode of detection

  

< 0.001

  

0.325

  

< 0.001

 NSP group

1

  

1

  

1

  

 SP group

0.25

0.17–0.37

 

0.75

0.48–1.15

 

0.28

0.19–0.42

 

 IC group

0.51

0.29–0.87

 

0.74

0.42–1.30

 

0.48

0.28–0.83

 

Age

  

0.128

  

0.003

  

0.05

  > 65 years

1

  

1

  

1

  

  ≤ 65 years

0.77

0.54–1.08

 

0.58

0.41–0.84

 

0.70

0.49–0.99

 

TNM stage

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

  

 I

1

  

1

  

  

 II

2.62

1.40–4.90

 

2.59

1.33–5.02

 

 

 III

14.48

8.03–26.09

 

13.25

7.02–25.01

 

 

 IV

76.92

44.12–134.08

 

63.69

33.69–120.39

 

 

SBR grade

  

< 0.001

  

  

 1

1

  

  

  

 2

3.02

1.56–5.84

 

 

 

 3

5.82

2.93–11.59

 

 

 

Hormonal receptor status

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 OR+/PR+

1

  

1

  

1

  

 OR+/PR- or OR-/PR+

2.78

1.82–4.25

 

1.97

1.28–3.02

 

2.49

1.63–3.81

 

 OR-/PR-

4.30

2.87–6.45

 

2.88

1.89–4.38

 

3.89

2.58–5.87

 

Her-2 receptor status

  

0.050

  

  

 Positive

1

  

  

  

 Negative

0.63

0.40–1.00

 

 

 

Type of treatment

  

< 0.001

  

  

 Surgery ± RT

1

  

  

  

 Surgery + CT ± RT

3.75

2.18–6.45

 

 

 

 Neoadjuvant treatment + Surgery ± RT/CT

11.36

6.33–20.39

 

 

 

 Absence of surgery

84.72

48.26–148.73

 

 

 
  1. SP group, patients detected by the screening programme; IC group, patients with interval cancer; NSP group, patients detected without participating in the screening programme; SBR, Scarff-Bloom-Richardson grade; OR, oestrogen receptor; PR, progesterone receptor; RT, adjuvant radiotherapy; CT, adjuvant chemotherapy