Table 1 Frequency of clinicopathological characteristics in all breast cancer patients according to p-eIF2α expression.

From: Phosphorylated eIF2α predicts disease-free survival in triple-negative breast cancer patients

Characteristics

n

p-eIF2α

P

Low

High

Age (years)

   

0.451

<50

87

32(36.8%)

55(63.2%)

 

≥50

146

61(41.8%)

85(58.2%)

 

Menopausal status

   

0.467

Pre

126

53(42.1%)

73(57.9%)

 

Post

107

40(37.4%)

67(62.6%)

 

Pathological subtype

   

0.073

IDC

204

77(37.7%)

127(62.3%)

 

Others

29

16(55.2%)

13(44.8%)

 

Histological grade

   

0.425

Low

124

49(39.5%)

75(60.5%)

 

High

86

32(37.2%)

54(62.8%)

 

Unknown

23

12(52.2%)

11(47.8%)

 

Stage

   

0.392

I and II

182

70(38.5%)

112(61.5%)

 

III

51

23(45.1%)

28(54.9%)

 

Tumor size

   

0.686

≤2 cm

61

23(37.7%)

38(62.3%)

 

2–5 cm

121

47(38.8%)

74(61.2%)

 

>5 cm

51

23(45.1%)

28(54.9%)

 

Node status

   

0.039

Negative

127

43(33.9%)

84(66.1%)

 

Positive

106

50(47.2%)

56(52.8%)

 

LVI

   

0.127

Negative

149

54(36.2%)

95(63.8%)

 

Positive

84

39(46.4%)

45(53.6%)

 

ER status

   

0.852

Negative

116

47(40.5%)

69(59.5%)

 

Positive

117

46(39.3%)

71(60.7%)

 

PR status

   

0.608

Negative

128

53(41.4%)

75(58.6%)

 

Positive

105

40(38.1%)

65(61.9%)

 

HER-2 status

   

0.519

Negative

147

61(41.5%)

86(58.5%)

 

Positive

86

32(37.2%)

54(62.8%)

 

Ki67 status

   

0.707

<20%

94

38(40.4%)

56(59.6%)

 

≥20%

80

34(42.5%)

46(57.5%)

 

Unknown

59

21(35.6%)

38(64.4%)

 

Molecular subtype

   

0.458

Luminal

84

38(45.2%)

46(54.8%)

 

Her2+

86

32(37.2%)

54(62.8%)

 

Triple-negative

63

23(36.5%)

40(63.5%)

 

Chemotherapy

   

0.267

Doxorubicin based

124

55(44.4%)

69(55.6%)

 

Taxanes added

82

26(31.7%)

56(68.3%)

 

CMF or Xeloda

6

2(33.3%)

4(66.7%)

 

None

21

10(47.6%)

11(52.4%)

 

Radiotherapy

   

0.703

No

157

64(40.8%)

93(59.2%)

 

Yes

76

29(38.2%)

47(61.8%)

 
  1. Abbreviations: IDC = invasive ductal carcinoma; Low histological grade = 1 or 2, high histological grade = 3; LVI = lymphatic vascular invasion; ER = estrogen receptor; PR = progesterone receptor; Her2 = human epidermal growth factor receptor-2; Luminal represents Luminal A or Luminal B breast cancer patients; Her2+ represents Her2/Luminal B or Her2+ breast cancer patients. CMF: Cyclophosphamide, Methotrexate and 5-Fluorouracil.