Table 1 Results for GRP 2 (NKI data) for three signatures. Top: Pei. Middle: Chang. Bottom: Wong–Mitochon. The p-values have been Bonferroni corrected.

From: Prognostic gene expression signatures of breast cancer are lacking a sensible biological meaning

Hierachy level

Genes removed

Cum. sum of genes removed

Genes left

GO-terms removed

Cum. sum of GO-terms removed

Acc. (%)

Sig.Acc. (%)

16

3

3

12,135

1

1

3.3

2.5

15

8

11

12,127

3

4

4.0

 

14

2

13

12,125

1

5

2.9

 

13

177

190

11,948

2

7

4.7

 

12

1318

1508

10,630

9

16

3.3

 

11

616

2124

10,014

8

24

3.7

 

10

432

2556

9582

10

34

3.2

 

9

229

2785

9353

11

45

3.4

 

8

190

2975

9163

13

58

3.1

 

7

197

3172

8966

9

67

2.8

 

6

533

3705

8433

24

91

2.5

 

5

854

4559

7579

16

107

3.2

 

4

837

5396

6742

4

111

4.1

 

3

130

5526

6612

4

115

2.5

 

2

250

5776

6362

3

118

3.0

 

1

56

5832

6306

1

119

3.2

 

18

17

17

11,822

1

1

87.0

88.5

17

11

28

11,811

3

4

87.9

 

16

3

31

11,808

2

6

89.6

 

15

89

120

11,719

8

14

89.2

 

14

203

323

11,516

24

38

89.8

 

13

819

1142

10,697

41

79

87.4

 

12

1932

3074

8765

91

170

87.1

 

11

1246

4320

7519

112

282

84.8

 

10

1216

5536

6303

153

435

84.3

 

9

1326

6862

4977

174

609

81.9

 

8

1252

8114

3725

183

792

79.6

 

7

1258

9372

2467

193

985

70.8

 

6

711

10,083

1756

165

1150

81.2

 

5

573

10,656

1183

97

1247

73.2

 

4

336

10,992

847

54

1301

88.1

 

3

122

11,114

725

27

1328

86.3

 

18

17

17

11,913

1

1

78.9

78.0

17

9

26

11,904

3

4

74.9

 

14

63

89

11,841

9

13

76.7

 

13

228

317

11,613

12

25

78.0

 

12

1228

1545

10,385

25

50

78.7

 

11

826

2371

9559

53

103

76.3

 

10

1054

3425

8505

60

163

75.5

 

9

1032

4457

7473

70

233

76.8

 

8

949

5406

6524

77

310

78.6

 

7

1754

7160

4770

89

399

69.7

 

6

810

7970

3960

78

477

68.6

 

5

868

8838

3092

67

544

63.4

 

4

461

9299

2631

35

579

63.6

 

3

339

9638

2292

24

603

65.6

 

2

238

9876

2054

12

615

56.0

 

1

30

9906

2024

3

618

56.6

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