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Table 4 Mortality and overall survival in 181 node-negative breast cancer patients after different adjuvant systemic therapies or no therapy

From: C-myc, not HER-2/neu, can predict recurrence and mortality of patients with node-negative breast cancer

Subgroup

 

n

Mortality (n [%])

OS (P)

Chemotherapy (n = 61)

   c-myc

Amplified

19

1 (5.3)

0.7442

 

Nonamplified

42

3 (7.1)

 

HER-2/neu

Amplified

26

0 (0.0)

0.1042

 

Nonamplified

35

4 (11.4)

 

Endocrine therapy (n= 99)

   c-myc

Amplified

15

1 (6.7)

0.9846

 

Nonamplified

84

6 (7.1)

 

HER-2/neu

Amplified

22

2 (9.1)

0.8307

 

Nonamplified

77

5 (6.5)

 

No therapy (n = 21)

   c-myc

Amplified

5

2 (40.0)

0.0098*

 

Nonamplified

16

1 (6.3)

 

HER-2/neu

Amplified

7

1 (14.3)

0.5649

 

Nonamplified

14

2 (14.3)

 
  1. *P < 0.05 (log-rank test). OS, overall survival.