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Table 3 Correlation between HOXB13 protein levels and prognostic factors analyzed with the chi-square test for trend

From: Predictive relevance of HOXB13 protein expression for tamoxifen benefit in breast cancer

 

HOXB13 expression

P value

 

Negative

Low

Intermediate

High

 

Tumor size

   ≤20 mm

205 (31.0)

249 (37.7)

168 (25.4)

39 (5.9)

 

   >20 mm

78 (43.1)

59 (32.6)

37 (20.4)

7 (3.9

0.0048

Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2

   0

189 (38.4)

172 (35.0)

102 (20.7)

29 (5.9)

 

   1+

38 (26.6)

55 (38.5)

45 (31.5)

5 (3.5)

 

   2+

16 (20.5)

32 (41.0)

26 (33.3)

4 (5.1)

 

   3+

27 (29.7)

30 (33.0)

27 (29.7)

7 (7.7)

0.0023

Estrogen receptor*

   0

63 (39.4)

48 (30.0)

34 (21.3)

15 (9.4)

 

   1 to 24

5 (35.7)

5 (35.7)

4 (28.6)

0 (0)

 

   25 to 74

69 (57.0)

35 (28.9)

16 (13.2)

1 (0.8)

 

   75 to 89

63 (33.3)

67 (35.5)

47 (24.9)

12 (6.4)

 

   >90

62 (22.1)

110 (39.3)

96 (34.3)

12 (4.3)

0.0022

Progesterone receptor*

   0

120 (39.9)

92 (30.6)

68 (22.6)

21 (7.0)

 

   1 to 24

43 (42.6)

29 (28.7)

26 (25.7)

3 (3.0)

 

   25 to 74

58 (29.3)

87 (43.9)

48 (24.2)

5 (2.5)

 

   75 to 89

27 (24.1)

42 (37.5)

33 (29.5)

10 (8.9)

 

   >90

20 (36.4)

21 (38.2)

12 (21.8)

2 (3.6)

0.13

  1. Data presented as number of patients (%).*Percentage of positive nuclei stained with immunohistochemistry.