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Table 2 Relationship between nuclear ADA3 and nuclear c-MYC co-expression groups and clinico-pathological parameters within the whole unselected invasive breast cancer series (n = 588 cases)

From: ADA3 regulates normal and tumor mammary epithelial cell proliferation through c-MYC

Parameters

ADA3 Nuclear c-MYC Nuclear expression phenotypes

ADA3low c-MYClow

N (%)

ADA3high c-MYClow

N (%)

ADA3low c-MYChigh

N (%)

ADA3high c-MYChigh

N (%)

X 2

P

Patient age

≤50

66 (31.7)

24 (11.5)

65 (31.1)

53 (25.5)

1.862

0.602

>50

106 (28.0)

45 (11.9)

113 (29.8)

115 (30.3)

Menopausal Status

Pre

66 (30.4)

25 (11.5)

68 (31.3)

58 (26.7)

0.907

0.871

Post

106 (28.6)

44 (11.9)

110 (29.7)

110 (29.7)

Tumor size

≤2 cm

96 (28.0)

14 (12.0)

99 (28.9)

107 (31.2)

2.765

0.429

>2 cm

76 (31.4)

28 (11.6)

77 (31.8)

61 (25.2)

Tumor grade

1

20 (23.5)

14 (16.6)

17 (20.0)

34 (40.0)

32.961

<0.001

2

47 (25.3)

18 (9.7)

48 (25.8)

73 (39.2)

3

105 (33.3)

37 (11.7)

112 (35.4)

62 (19.6)

Tubules

1

5 (22.7)

7 (31.8)

5 (22.7)

5 (22.7)

13.345

0.037

2

47 (25.1)

21 (11.2)

59 (31.6)

60 (32.1)

3

116 (32.7)

35 (9.9)

107 (30.1)

97 (27.3)

Pleomorphism

1

1 (14.3)

1 (14.3)

3 (42.9)

2 (28.6)

29.138

<0.001

2

57 (26.0)

31 (14.2)

46 (21.0)

85 (38.8)

3

110 (32.6)

31 (9.2)

122 (36.2)

74 (22.0)

Mitosis

1

43 (24.6)

23 (13.1)

40 (22.9)

69 (39.4)

23.706

0.001

2

30 (29.1)

9 (8.7)

30 (29.1)

34 (33.0)

3

95 (33.2)

31 (10.8)

101 (35.3)

59 (20.6)

Axillary nodal stage

1

93 (28.5)

42 (12.9)

90 (27.6)

101 (31.0)

6.617

0.353

2

57 (28.2)

23 (11.4)

68 (33.7)

54 (26.7)

3

22 (37.3)

4 (6.8)

20 (33.9)

13 (22.0)

NPI

Good

30 (19.2)

21 (13.5)

39 (4)

66 (25.0)

33.968

<0.001

Moderate

103 (33.0)

40 (12.8)

88 (8.8)

81 (28.2)

Poor

39 (33.1)

8 (6.8)

50 (36)

21 (17.8)

Lymphovascular Invasion

Negative

106 (28.0)

52 (13.8)

103 (27.2)

117 (31.0)

10.624

0.014

Positive

64 (31.4)

16 (7.8)

75 (36.8)

49 (24.0)

Tumor type

Invasive Ductal/NST

123 (34.6)

39 (11.0)

120 (33.7)

74 (20.8)

61.858

<0.001

Invasive Lobular

13 (22.4)

8 (13.8)

4 (6.9)

33 (56.9)

Medullary-like

2 (11.1)

3 (16.7)

9 (50.0)

4 (22.2)

Excellent Prognostic Special types*

5 (25.0)

6 (30.0)

5 (25.0)

4 (20.0)

Tubular Mixed

20 (20.6)

11 (11.3)

28 (28.9)

38 (39.2)

Mixed NST & Lobular

4 (19.0)

2 (9.5)

6 (28.6)

9 (42.9)

Mixed NST &other special types

2 (25.0)

0

3 (37.5)

3 (37.5)

  1. N = number of cases. c. = cytoplasmic, n. = nuclear expression. NST = No Special Type. NPI = Nottingham Prognostic Index
  2. Analysis of all patient specimens from the unselected invasive breast cancer cohort demonstrates a significant correlation between nuclear ADA3 and c-MYC levels in the areas of tumor grade, pleomorphism, tubule formation, mitotic scores, NPI, and tumor type across the four groups
  3. The bold font indicate that the clinical correlation is statistically significant < 0.05