Table 2 Association between SHON protein cytoplasmic expression and clinicopathological variables in the NUH-ES-BC cohort (n = 1,650)

From: SHON expression predicts response and relapse risk of breast cancer patients after anthracycline-based combination chemotherapy or tamoxifen treatment

Variables

SHON protein cytoplasmic expression

χ2 p value (2 sided)

 

Low N (%)

High N (%)

 

(A) Pathological parameters

  Lymph node (LN) metastases

  

0.432

    Negative

343 (63.2)

457 (61.0)

 

    Positive

200 (36.8)

292 (39.0)

 

 Gradea

  

<0.001*

    Low (G1)

102 (18.8)

106 (14.2)

 

    Intermediate (G2)

192 (35.3)

213 (28.6)

 

    High (G3)

250 (46.0)

426 (57.2)

 

  Tumour size (cm)

  

0.180

    T1 a + b (≤ 1.0)

49 (9.0)

80 (10.7)

 

    T1 c (> 1.0–2.0)

286 (52.6)

286 (38.4)

 

    T2 (> 2.0–5.0)

198 (36.4)

25 (3.4)

 

    T3 (> 5.0)

11 (2.0)

25 (3.4)

 

  Mitotic index

  

<0.001*

    M1

208 (38.9)

204 (27.6)

 

    M2

100 (18.7)

143 (19.3)

 

    M3

227 (42.4)

393 (53.1)

 

  Pleomorphism

  

<0.001*

    P1

13 (2.4)

15 (2.0)

 

    P2

229 (42.8)

240 (32.4)

 

    P3

293 (54.8)

485 (65.5)

 

  Tubule formation

  

0.488

    T1

31 (5.8)

43 (5.8)

 

    T2

189 (35.3)

238 (32.2)

 

    T3

315 (58.9)

459 (62.0)

 

  Lympho-vascular invasion

  

0.114

    Positive

368 (68.8)

477 (64.5)

 

    Negative

167 (31.2)

262 (35.5)

 

  Histological type of invasive carcinoma

  

<0.001*

    Invasive ductal carcinoma - no special type

256 (56.6)

409 (63.7)

 

    Tubular carcinoma

86 (19.0)

138 (21.5)

 

    Medullary carcinoma

10 (2.2)

15 (2.3)

 

    Invasive lobular carcinoma

56 (12.4)

32 (5.0)

 

    Others

44 (9.7)

48 (7.5)

 

(B) Molecular characteristics

   

  ERα (IHC)

  

<0.001*

    Negative

117 (21.8)

224 (33.2)

 

    Positive

419 (78.2)

490 (66.8)

 

  PR (IHC)

  

0.048*

    Negative

210 (41.3)

322 (47.0)

 

    Positive

299 (58.7)

363 (55.4)

 

  HER2 overexpression

  

0.008*

    No

485 (91.0)

624 (86.1)

 

    Yes

48 (9.0)

101 (13.9)

 

  HER3 (IHC)

  

<0.001*

    Negative

236 (56.7)

263 (44.9)

 

    Positive

180 (43.3)

323 (55.1)

 

  HER4 (IHC)

  

0.006*

    Negative

204 (47.3)

227 (38.7)

 

    Positive

227 (52.7)

360 (61.3)

 

  Androgen receptor (IHC)

  

0.580

    Negative

156 (37.7)

229 (39.4)

 

    Positive

258 (62.3)

352 (60.6)

 

  EGFR (IHC)

  

0.005*

    Low

335 (83.8)

442 (76.3)

 

    High

65 (16.3)

137 (23.7)

 

  MIB1 (Ki67) (IHC)

  

0.004*

    Low

170 (38.7)

189 (30.1)

 

    High

269 (61.3)

438 (69.9)

 

  BRCA1 (IHC)

  

0.207

    Absent

65 (18.1)

114 (21.5)

 

    Normal

295 (81.9)

416 (78.5)

 

  SHON nuclear (IHC)

  

<0.001*

    Negative

491 (93.3)

731 (98.8)

 

    Positive

35 (6.7)

9 (1.2)

 

  SPAG5 (IHC)

  

0.03*

    Low

321 (82.5)

417 (76.7)

 

    High

68 (17.5)

127 (23.3

 

  KIF2C (IHC)

  

0.003*

    Low

138 (39.9)

155 (30.2)

 

    High

208 (60.1)

358 (69.8)

 

  PARP1 (IHC)

  

0.008*

    Low

245 (77.8)

314 (69.2)

 

    High

70 (22.2)

140 (ki67

 

  TOPO2A (IHC)

  

0.360

    Low

174 (47.5)

236 (44.4)

 

    High

192 (52.5)

295 (55.6)

 

  P53 (IHC)

  

0.121

    Low

338 (80.9)

460 (76.8)

 

    High

80 (19.1)

139 (23.2)

 

  P27 (IHC)

  

0.997

    Low

198 (61.1)

227 (61.1)

 

    High

126 (38.9)

173 (38.9)

 

  Cyclin B2 (IHC)

  

<0.001*

    Low

288 (54.3)

295 (39.4)

 

    High

242 (45.7)

453 (60.6)

 

  MDM2 (IHC)

  

<0.001*

    Low

241 (68.7)

412 (79.2)

 

    High

110 (31.3)

108 (20.8)

 

  MDM4 (IHC)

  

0.002*

    Low

314 (68.0)

386 (58.8)

 

    High

148 (32.0)

271 (41.2)

 

  P21 (IHC)

  

0.064

    Negative

218 (59.7)

284 (53.5)

 

    Positive

147 (40.3)

247 (46.5)

 

  P16 (IHC)

  

0.274

    Low

292 (86.1)

431 (83.4)

 

    High

47 (13.9)

86 (16.6)

 

  P63 (IHC)

  

0.925

    Negative

433 (98.0)

602 (98.0)

 

    Positive

9 (2.0)

12 (2.0)

 

  CDK1 (IHC)

  

<0.001*

    Low

219 (77.9)

307 (65.7)

 

    High

62 (22.1)

160 (34.3)

 

  BCL-2 (IHC)

  

0.384

    Low

159 (33.9)

240 (36.4)

 

    High

310 (66.1)

419 (63.6)

 

  BAX (IHC)

  

0.01*

    Low

209 (74.9)

282 (65.7)

 

    High

70 (25.1)

147 (34.3)

 

  CK18 (IHC)

  

0.77

    Negative

48 (11.9)

85 (11.3)

 

    Positive

355 (88.1)

510 (88.7)

 

  CK19 (IHC)

  

0.308

    Negative

31 (7.0)

34 (5.5)

 

    Positive

411 (93.0)

585 (4.5)

 

  CK14 (IHC)

  

0.384

    Negative

385 (87.7)

534 (85.9)

 

    Positive

54 (12.3)

88 (14.1)

 

  CK6 (IHC)

  

0.039*

    Negative

379 (85.2)

501 (80.3)

 

    Positive

66 (14.8)

123 (19.7)

 

  SMA (IHC)

  

0.036*

    Negative

385 (87.5)

505 (82.8)

 

    Positive

55 (12.5)

105 (17.2)

 

  ERCC1 (IHC)

  

0.081

    Low

151 (64.5)

200 (57.3)

 

    High

83 (35.5)

149 (42.7)

 

  TDK (IHC)

  

0.407

    Low

211 (61.2)

278 (58.3)

 

    High

134 (38.8)

199 (41.7)

 

  RECQL4 cytoplasm (IHC)

  

<0.001*

    Low

81 (24.3)

51 (10.1)

 

    High

252 (75.7)

453 (89.9)

 

  RECQL4 nuclear (IHC)

  

0.921

    Low

167 (50.2)

251 (49.8)

 

    High

166 (49.8)

253 (50.2)

 

  RECQL5 (IHC)

  

0.023*

    Low

204 (51.4)

243 (43.9)

 

    High

193 (48.6)

310 (56.1)

 

  Vimentin (IHC)

  

0.637

    Low

400 (89.1)

566 (88.2)

 

    High

49 (10.9)

76 (11.8)

 

  E-cadherin (IHC)

  

0.223

    Negative

28 (6.5)

29 (4.8)

 

    Positive

402 (93.5)

580 (95.2)

 

  BLM cytoplasm (IHC)

  

<0.001*

    Low

228 (53.6)

219 (38.8)

 

    High

197 (46.4)

345 (61.2)

 

  BLM nuclear (IHC)

  

0.720

    Low

231 (54.4)

313 (55.5)

 

    High

194 (45.6)

251 (44.5)

 

  CHK1 (IHC)

  

0.210

    Low

219 (53.9)

300 (49.9)

 

    High

187 (46.1)

301 (50.1)

 

  ATM cytoplasm (IHC)

  

0.922

    Low

166 (52.7)

243 (53.1)

 

    High

149 (47.3)

215 (46.9)

 

  ATR (IHC)

  

0.011*

    Low

294 (69.7)

373 (62.0)

 

    High

128 (30.3)

229 (38.0)

 

  CHK2 (IHC)

  

<0.001*

    Low

187 (55.3)

215 (42.6)

 

    High

151 (44.7

290 (57.4

 

  Phosphorylated CHK1 nuclear (IHC)

  

0.217

    Low

433 (85.7)

586 (83.1)

 

    High

72 (14.3)

119 (16.9)

 

  Phosphorylated CHK1 cytoplasm (IHC)

  

<0.001*

    Low

215 (42.6)

174 (24.7)

 

    High

290 (57.4)

531 (75.3)

 

  XRCC1 (IHC)

  

0.546

    Low

64 (16.8)

82 (15.4)

 

    High

316 (83.2)

452 (84.6)

 

  DNA polymerase beta (IHC)

  

<0.001*

    Low

201 (45.4)

213 (34.2)

 

    High

242 (54.6)

409 (65.8)

 

  DNA PK (IHC)

  

<0.001*

    Low

176 (46.0)

154 (28.1)

 

    High

207 (54.0)

394 (71.9)

 

  SMUG1 (IHC)

  

0.095

    Low

124 (36.6)

203 (42.4)

 

    High

215 (63.4)

276 (57.6)

 

  APE1 (IHC)

  

<0.001*

    Low

254 (61.5)

260 (44.3)

 

    High

159 (38.5)

327 (55.7)

 

  FEN1 (IHC)

  

0.780

    Low

261 (73.7)

368 (72.9)

 

    High

93 (26.3)

137 (27.1)

 

  Phosphorylated c-Jun (IHC)

  

0.023*

    Low

209 (50.9)

253 (43.5)

 

    High

202 (49.1)

328 (56.5)

 

  Phosphorylated JNK (IHC)

  

0.280

    Low

294 (73.3)

392 (70.1)

 

    High

107 (26.7)

167 (29.9)

 

  Phosphorylated p38 (IHC)

  

0.563

    Low

322 (85.0)

457 (83.5)

 

    High

57 (15.0)

90 (16.5)

 

  SRC3 (IHC)

  

0.08

    Low

249 (60.6)

319 (55.0)

 

    High

162 (39.4)

261 (45.0)

 

  S543 (IHC)

  

0.866

    Low

310 (82.2)

448 (82.7)

 

    High

67 (17.8)

94 (17.3)

 

  ATF2 (IHC)

  

0.325

    Low

204 (51.4)

277 (48.2)

 

    High

193 (48.6)

298 (51.8)

 

  T24 (IHC)

  

0.885

    Low

261 (75.4)

384 (75.0)

 

    High

85 (24.6)

128 (25.0)

 

  T71 (IHC)

  

0.015*

    Low

237 (55.0)

293 (47.3)

 

    High

194 (45.0)

326 (52.7)

 

   HAGE (IHC)

  

0.949

    Negative

440 (90.9)

602 (90.8)

 

    Positive

44 (9.1)

61 (9.2)

 

   TROAP (IHC)

  

0.001*

    Negative

216 (62.8)

241 (50.6)

 

    Positive

128 (37.2)

235 (49.4)

 

  Breast cancer sub-groups

  

0.001*

    Luminal A

184 (41.2)

202 (32.4)

 

    Luminal B (Ki67 ≥ 15)

142 (31.8)

181 (29.1)

 

    Luminal B (HER2+)

27 (6.0)

38 (6.1)

 

    Non-luminal HER2+

21 (4.7)

62 (10.0)

 

    Basal like

52 (11.6)

111 (17.8)

 

    ERα/HER2 none basal

21 (4.7)

29 (4.7)

 

  Basal-like phenotype

  

0.003*

    No

463 (89.9)

583 (84.0)

 

    Yes

52 (10.1)

111 (16.0)

 

  Triple negative phenotype

  

0.005*

    No

441 (83.7)

559 (77.2)

 

    Yes

68 (16.3)

165 (22.8)

 
  1. ERα oestrogen receptor α, PR progesterone receptor, HER2 human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, Triple negative ERα/PR/HER2
  2. *Statistically significant at p < 0.05
  3. aGrade as defined by the Nottingham Grading System (NGS)