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.
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 | ||