Table 1 Characteristics of the 105 ERα-positive postmenopausal patients and their relation to RFS

From: Prognostic value of maspin mRNA expression in ERα-positive postmenopausal breast carcinomas

  

RFS

 

Number of patients

Number of events (%) a

P -value b

Age (years)

  

NS

 ⩽70

52

17 (32.7)

 

 >70

53

14 (26.4)

 

Histological grade c

  

0.00067

 I+II

80

17 (21.2)

 

 III

24

13 (54.2)

 

Lymph node status

  

0.003

 0

17

2 (11.8)

 

 1–3

59

14 (23.7)

 

 >3

29

15 (51.7)

 

Macroscopic tumour size (mm)

  

0.021

 ⩽30

73

17 (23.3)

 

 >30

32

14 (43.7)

 

Maspin RNA status

  

0.0011

 Underexpressed

33

7 (21.2)

 

 Normal

48

11 (22.9)

 

 Overexpressed

24

13 (54.2)

 
  1. aFirst relapses (local and/or regional recurrences, and/or distant metastases).
  2. bLog-rank test. NS=not significant.
  3. cScarff–Bloom–Richardson classification. Information available for 104 patients.
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