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Table 2 Relationship between SP expression and clinicopathological features of breast cancer patients with HR-ve versus HR + ve tumors

From: Expression of substance P, neurokinin 1 receptor, Ki-67 and pyruvate kinase M2 in hormone receptor negative breast cancer and evaluation of impact on overall survival

Parameters

HR-ve

(n = 77)

HR + ve

(n = 67)

Low SP

High SP

p-value

Low SP

High SP

p-value

Age (Years)

51.77 ± 12.97

49.97 ± 10.76

0.529

52.26 ± 12.50

52.21 ± 8.95

0.984

Tumor grade

I

II

III

0 (0)

7 (14.9)

40 (85.1)

0 (0)

4 (13.3)

26 (86.7)

1.000

4 (10.5)

13 (34.2)

21 (55.3)

3 (10.3)

11 (37.9)

15 (51.7)

0.936

Tumor volume (cm 3 )

62.28 ± 105.25

34.85 ± 47.08

0.184

33.53 ± 47.53

22.67 ± 30.91

0.289

TNM Stage

I

II

III

IV

3 (6.5)

16 (34.8)

16 (34.8)

11 (23.9)

1 (3.4)

3 (10.3)

12 (41.4)

13 (44.8)

0.056

1 (2.6)

9 (23.7)

11 (28.9)

17 (44.7)

2 (7.1)

9 (32.1)

9 (32.1)

8 (28.6)

0.527

TNM stage

I/II

III/IV

19 (41.3)

27 (58.7)

4 (13.8)

25 (86.2)

0.020

10 (26.3)

28 (73.7)

11 (39.3)

17 (60.7)

0.295

T stage

T1

T2

T3

T4

3 (6.4)

28 (59.6)

12 (25.5)

4 (8.5)

3 (10.0)

9 (30.0)

13 (43.3)

5 (16.7)

0.081

3 (7.9)

19 (50.0)

11 (28.9)

5 (13.2)

2 (6.9)

18 (62.1)

8 (27.6)

1 (3.4)

0.569

pT

T1/T2

T3/T4

31 (72.1)

16 (47.1)

12 (27.9)

18 (52.9)

0.035

22 (52.4)

16 (64.0)

20 (47.6)

9 (36.0)

0.447

 N stage

N0

N1

N2

N3

18 (39.1)

7 (15.2)

12 (26.1)

9 (19.6)

2 (7.1)

8 (28.6)

4 (14.3)

14 (50.0)

0.002

12 (32.4)

6 (16.2)

8 (21.6)

11 (29.7)

8 (28.6)

10 (35.7)

5 (17.9)

5 (17.9)

0.332

M stage

M0

M1

35 (76.1)

11 (23.9)

16 (55.2)

13 (44.8)

0.077

21 (55.3)

17 (44.7)

20 (71.4)

8 (28.6)

0.208

Axillary lymph nodes metastasis

Negative

Positive

18 (39.1)

28 (60.9)

2 (6.9)

27 (93.1)

0.003

12 (31.6)

26 (68.4)

9 (31.0)

20 (69.0)

1.000

Lymphatic/vascular invasion

Negative

Positive

18 (41.9)

25 (58.1)

6 (20.7)

23 (79.3)

0.077

12 (31.6)

26 (28.4)

11 (39.3)

17 (60.7)

0.604

HER2 status

Negative

Positive

24 (51.1)

23 (48.9)

11 (36.7)

19 (63.3)

0.248

11 (28.9)

27 (71.1)

20 (69.0)

9 (31.0)

0.001

DCIS

Absent

Present

16 (36.4)

28 (63.6)

6 (20.0)

24 (80.0)

0.195

7 (18.4)

31 (81.6)

3 (10.3)

26 (89.7)

0.495

Family History

No

Yes

28 (80.0)

7 (20.0)

11 (61.1)

7 (38.9)

0.191

28 (84.8)

5 (15.2)

23 (79.3)

6 (20.7)

0.741

Ki-67

Low

High

21 (44.7)

26 (55.3)

14 (46.7)

16 (53.3)

1.000

28 (73.7)

10 (26.3)

20 (69.0)

9 (31.0)

0.786

NK1R

Low

High

33 (70.2)

14 (29.8)

12 (40.0)

18 (60.0)

0.010

24 (63.2)

14 (68.8)

22 (75.9)

7 (24.1)

0.300

PKM2

Low

High

24 (58.5)

17 (41.5)

18 (69.2)

8 (30.8)

0.444

26 (68.4)

12 (31.6)

10 (35.7)

18 (64.3)

0.012

  1. HR: hormone receptor, HER2: human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, DCIS: ductal carcinoma in situ, SP: substance P, NK1R: neurokinin 1 receptor, PKM2: pyruvate kinase M2