Table 4 |
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Association of Lewisy/b expression with clinicopathological characteristics (chi-square test) |
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| Prognostic factors |
Cut-off points |
Intensity of staining (p-value) |
Percentage of positive cells (p-value) |
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| Age (years; median 56) |
<40, 41–50, 51–60, >60 |
0.011 |
0.014 |
| Menopausal status |
Pre- or post-menopausal |
0.547 |
0.917 |
| Histological grade |
Well, moderate, poor differentiated |
0.009 |
<0.001 |
| Lymph node (LN) stage |
LN -/ LN+ |
0.368 |
0.419 |
| Tumour size (mm) |
<10, 11–20, 21–30, 31–40, 41–50 |
0.594 |
0.884 |
| Nottingham Prognostic Index |
Good, moderate, or poor |
0.151 |
0.016 |
| Tumour type |
1, 2, 3 or 4 |
0.093 |
0.007 |
| Vascular invasion |
None or definite |
0.293 |
0.316 |
| Distant metastases |
Absent or present |
0.515 |
0.532 |
| Any recurrence |
Absent or present |
0.533 |
0.743 |
| Local recurrence |
Absent or present |
0.775 |
0.908 |
| Regional recurrence |
Absent or present |
0.314 |
0.278 |
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Madjd et al. Breast Cancer Research 2005 7:R780 doi:10.1186/bcr1305 |
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