Table 2 Oncotype DX recurrence score categories and frequencies of clinicopathologic variables

From: Expression of Forkhead-box protein A1, a marker of luminal A type breast cancer, parallels low Oncotype DX 21-gene recurrence scores

Variable

ODX RS categories

 

Low (n=44)

Intermediate (n=23)

High (n=10)

P-value

Age (mean)

56

53

60

0.243a

Size (mean)

1.5

1.4

2.8

<0.0001a

Grade (N, %)

 I

22 (50)

9 (39)

0 (0)

0.026b

 II

19 (43)

9 (39)

7 (70)

 

 III

3 (7)

5 (22)

3 (30)

 

Histology (N, %)

 Ductal

32 (72)

17 (74)

9 (90)

0.451b

 Lobular

6 (14)

1 (4)

0 (0)

 

 Mixed

6 (14)

5 (22)

1 (10)

 

 SBR score (median)

1.5

2

2

0.050c

 FOXA1 expression

235

228

135.5

<0.0001a

 GATA3 expression

216.1

227

173.5

0.204a

  1. aANOVA.
  2. bχ2 test.
  3. cKruskal–Wallis test.
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