Table 3 Relation between high/low breast cancer necrosis signature (BCNS) score and clinico-pathologic features (TCGA cohort, n = 483).

From: Tumor necrosis associates with aggressive breast cancer features, increased hypoxia signaling and reduced patient survival

Breast Cancer Necrosis Signature (BCNS) score

Variable

High (n = 93)

Low (n = 390)

 

n(%)

n(%)

P-value†

ER status (IHC)

 Positive

10 (10.9%)

355 (92.2%)

 < 0.001

 Negative

81 (88.0%)

30 (7.8%)

PR status (IHC)

 Positive

5 (5.6%)

307 (79.7%)

 < 0.001

 Negative

85 (94.4%)

78 (20.3%)

HER2 (IHC)

 Negative

87 (95.6%)

308 (82.4%)

0.002

 Positive

4 (4.4%)

66 (17.6%)

Molecular subtypes (PAM50)

 Luminal A

0 (0%)

219 (56.2%)

 < 0.001

 Luminal B

0 (0%)

116 (29.7%)

 HER2-enriched

2 (2.2%)

54 (13.8%)

 Basal like

91 (97.8%)

1 (0.3%)

  1. Chi square test, two-sided. Missing cases: ER, n = 7; PR, n = 8, HER2, n = 18.