Table 4 Cox regression analysis on IHC and clinical factors, both univariate and multivariate

From: The phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted on chromosome 10 mediates radiosensitivity in head and neck cancer

Cox regression

N (%)

Hazard ratio (HR) for LRR (95% CI; P -value)

Univariate

 EGFR

Low

123 (89)

1

High

17 (11)

0.5 (0.1–2.0; P=0.32)

 pEGFR

Low

84 (60)

1

High

56 (40)

1.2 (0.6–2.6; P=0.58)

 PI3K

Low

87 (62)

1

High

53 (38)

0.6 (0.3–1.4; P=0.25)

 PTEN

Low

97 (69)

1

High

43 (31)

2.4 (1.2–5.0; P=0.019)*

 pAKT

Low

105 (75)

1

High

35 (25)

2.2 (1.0–4.6; P=0.043)*

 pERK

Negative

118 (84)

1

Positive

22 (16)

1.2 (0.5–3.0; P=0.65)

 HER2

Low

129 (92)

1

High

11 (8)

1 (0.2–4.2; P=0.99)

 Lymph nodes

Negative

50 (36)

1

Positive

90 (64)

5.7 (2.0–16.3; P=0.001)*

 ENS

No

89 (64)

1

Yes

51 (36)

5 (2.4–10.6; P<0.001)*

 Surgical margins

Free

43 (31)

1

Not free

97 (69)

1.4 (0.6–3.2; P=0.37)

Multivariate

PTEN

Low

97 (69)

1

High

43 (31)

2.2 (1.1–4.6; P=0.03)*

 Lymph nodes

Negative (N0)

50 (36)

1

Positive (N+)

90 (64)

5.7 (1.2–27.4; P=0.03)*

 ENS

No

89 (64)

1

Yes

51 (36)

2.7 (1.2–6.5; P=0.02)*

  1. Abbreviations: CI=confidence interval; EGFR=epidermal growth factor receptor; ENS=extra nodal spread; HER2=human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; IHC=immunohistochemistry; pAKT=phosphorylated protein kinase B; pEGFR=phospho-EGFR; pERK=phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinase; PI3K=phosphoinositide 3-kinase; PTEN=phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted on chromosome 10.
  2. *P<0.05.