Table 2 Risk of worse breast cancer-specific or distant metastasis-free survival conferred by high protein levels of HER3, EGFR, or HER3-EGFR in age- and stage-adjusted Cox models stratified by hospital.

From: Combined HER3-EGFR score in triple-negative breast cancer provides prognostic and predictive significance superior to individual biomarkers

Model

Covariate

Chemo

Breast cancer-specific survival

Distant metastasis-free survival

p-value

HR

95% CI for HR

p-value

HR

95% CI for HR

Lower

Upper

Lower

Upper

HER3

HER3

No

0.58

1.21

0.62

2.36

0.77

1.10

0.59

2.06

Age

0.96

1.00

0.97

1.03

0.99

1.00

0.97

1.03

Stage

<0.001

   

<0.001

   

   II vs. I

0.51

1.24

0.65

2.38

0.27

1.42

0.76

2.63

   III vs. I

<0.001

6.63

2.96

14.85

<0.001

6.09

2.67

13.92

   HER3

Yes

0.57

1.21

0.63

2.34

0.72

1.12

0.59

2.11

Age

0.10

1.02

1.00

1.05

1.00

1.00

0.98

1.02

Stage

0.010

   

0.020

   

   II vs. I

0.79

1.10

0.57

2.12

0.97

1.01

0.56

1.85

   III vs. I

0.014

2.58

1.21

5.49

0.022

2.36

1.13

4.93

EGFR

EGFR

No

0.75

0.91

0.51

1.63

0.86

0.95

0.54

1.68

Age

0.98

1.00

0.97

1.03

0.98

1.00

0.97

1.03

Stage

<0.001

   

<0.001

   

   II vs. I

0.56

1.21

0.64

2.30

0.28

1.40

0.76

2.59

   III vs. I

 

<0.001

6.42

2.89

14.27

<0.001

6.02

2.64

13.75

   EGFR

Yes

0.67

1.11

0.68

1.81

0.18

1.39

0.86

2.23

Age

0.09

1.02

1.00

1.05

0.89

1.00

0.98

1.03

Stage

0.008

   

0.024

   

   II vs. I

0.81

1.09

0.56

2.10

0.98

1.01

0.55

1.84

 

   III vs. I

 

0.013

2.59

1.22

5.51

0.027

2.30

1.10

4.81

HER3-EGFR

HER3-EGFR

No

0.85

0.94

0.51

1.74

0.78

0.92

0.51

1.65

Age

0.98

1.00

0.97

1.03

0.98

1.00

0.97

1.03

Stage

<0.001

   

<0.001

   

   II vs. I

0.58

1.20

0.63

2.29

0.30

1.39

0.75

2.56

   III vs. I

 

<0.001

6.33

2.88

13.96

<0.001

5.99

2.66

13.48

HER3-EGFR

Yes

0.006

2.30

1.26

4.20

0.041

1.78

1.02

3.11

Age

0.13

1.02

0.99

1.05

0.83

1.00

0.98

1.03

Stage

0.016

   

0.007

   

   II vs. I

0.73

1.12

0.58

2.17

0.83

1.07

0.58

1.95

 

   III vs. I

 

0.018

2.49

1.17

5.31

0.009

2.61

1.28

5.32

  1. HR = Hazard Ratio, CI = Confidence Interval.