Table 1 Association between TCEAL7 expression and clinical features of breast cancer patients.

From: Cancer-associated fibroblast-derived exosomal miR-18b promotes breast cancer invasion and metastasis by regulating TCEAL7

Variables

TCEAL7 expression

p value

High expression

Low expression

Age (years)

   

≤50

75

42

0.130

≥51

78

65

 

Tumor size (cm)

≤5 cm

71

50

0.705

å 5 cm

85

54

 

Tumor differentiation

I

57

32

 

II

64

41

0.046

III

52

14

 

Lymph node metastasis

Yes

98

53

0.022

No

55

54

 

Distant metastasis

Yes

94

49

0.031

No

61

56

 

Estrogen receptor

Positive

82

68

0.374

Negative

67

43

 

Progesterone receptor

Positive

76

64

0.619

Negative

69

51

 

CerbB-2

Positive

80

45

0.101

Negative

72

63