TABLE 2 Univariate Analysis of Overall and Disease-Free Survival Rates

From: Expression of Telomerase Catalytic Subunit (hTERT) mRNA Does Not Predict Survival in Patients with Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Upper Urinary Tract

Prognostic Indicator

All Tumors

Noninvasive Tumors

Invasive Tumors

 

Overall Survival (n = 125)

Disease-Free Survival (n = 19)

Overall Survival (n = 48)

Disease-Free Survival (n = 48)

Overall Survival (n = 77)

Disease-Free Survival (n = 71)

 

Wilcoxon

Log Rank

Wilcoxon

Log Rank

Wilcoxon

Log Rank

Wilcoxon

Log Rank

Wilcoxon

Log Rank

Wilcoxon

Log Rank

hTERT

0.86

0.84

0.81

0.97

0.24

0.15

0.29

0.15

0.48

0.40

0.18

0.17

PCNA index

0.012

0.0071

0.10

0.025

0.71

0.62

0.57

0.69

0.092

0.062

0.50

0.20

Stage

0.0001

0.0001

0.0001

0.0001

**

**

**

**

0.0039

0.0028

0.034

0.011

Grade

0.0004

0.0013

0.0016

0.0016

0.69

0.69

0.69

0.69

0.11

0.22

0.24

0.25

Pattern of growth

0.0012

0.0094

0.0042

0.014

**

**

**

**

0.39

0.91

0.57

0.98

  1. PCNA, proliferating cell nuclear antigen index.
  2. P value not detected because of one factor.