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Table 2 Association between EmiR expression at Ext2 and clinicopathological characteristics in LBC patients

From: Exosomal miRNA profile as complementary tool in the diagnostic and prediction of treatment response in localized breast cancer under neoadjuvant chemotherapy

  

Ext2

EmiR-21

EmiR-222

EmiR-221

EmiR-105

EmiR-155

n

Median

p value

Median

p value

Median

p value

Median

p value

Median

p value

Age (years)

< 50

19

3.975

0.585

1.851

0.536

1.705

0.771

2.534

0.166

2.173

0.536

≥ 50

14

3.033

2.100

1.718

11.182

1.401

Menopause

Pre

20

4.159

0.094

2.250

0.461

1.890

0.338

3.916

0.224

2.177

0.768

Post

13

2.192

1.551

1.422

10.603

1.507

T

T1–T2

18

3.668

0.233

2.382

0.828

2.238

0.219

16.929

0.112

2.601

0.159

T3–T4

15

3.246

1.851

1.286

3.484

1.819

N

0

11

3.975

0.621

3.037

0.621

2.490

0.006*

21.588

0.445

1.344

0.928

1–3

18

3.477

2.250

1.095

8.885

2.177

Estrogen receptor

Negative

8

2.133

0.450

1.213

0.475

1.095

0.585

5.405

0.529

0.839

0.120

Positive

25

3.933

2.649

2.000

11.760

2.173

Progesterone receptor

Negative

11

2.192

0.541

1.338

0.760

1.787

0.541

7.327

0.789

3.224

0.849

Positive

22

3.668

2.250

1.686

8.528

1.899

HER2

Negative

27

3.933

0.031*

3.037

0.056

1.705

0.744

5.297

0.484

2.173

0.161

Positive

6

0.857

0.536

41.874

46.810

0.639

KI67

< 20%

6

4.996

0.427

1.464

0.283

0.321

0.176

3.691

0.963

1.355

0.191

≥ 20

27

3.246

3.037

1.787

10.444

3.201

Perou’s classification

Basal-like

5

2.192

0.655

1.338

0.666

1.286

0.666

3.484

0.510

0.983

0.232

Luminal A

5

6.058

0.729

0.334

2.085

1.367

Luminal B

20

3.324

3.052

2.038

16.580

3.459

HER2neu

3

2.074

0.175

0.307

10.603

0.695

  1. Wilcoxon signed-rank test and Kruskal-Wallis test were used. Abbreviations: CTCs circulating tumor cells, Ext2 extraction during neoadjuvant treatment, T tumor size, N lymph node status. *p > 0.05