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Table 1 Comparison of variables with 12-chemokine gene signature

From: Evaluation of invasive breast cancer samples using a 12-chemokine gene expression score: correlation with clinical outcomes

  

N (%)

 

Variable

Level

Total

Low 12-chemokine

High 12-chemokine

p value

Race

White

331 (90.4%)

159 (86.9%)

172 (94%)

0.03

Not white

35 (9.6%)

24 (13.1%)

11 (6%)

Histology

Ductal

284 (77.6%)

136 (74.3%)

148 (80.9%)

0.371

Lobular

52 (14.2%)

30 (16.4%)

22 (12%)

Others

30 (8.2%)

17 (9.3%)

13 (7.1%)

Tumor grade

Well differentiated

36 (10.1%)

26 (14.9%)

10 (5.6%)

<0.0001

Moderately differentiated

148 (41.7%)

90 (51.4%)

58 (32.2%)

Poorly/undifferentiated

171 (48.2%)

59 (33.7%)

112 (62.2%)

Cancer status

Free (NED)

274 (82.5%)

138 (83.6%)

136 (81.4%)

0.668

Not free of tumor

58 (17.5%)

27 (16.4%)

31 (18.6%)

TNM stage

1

95 (27.9%)

49 (29.2%)

46 (26.7%)

0.709

2

176 (51.8%)

83 (49.4%)

93 (54.1%)

3

69 (20.3%)

36 (21.4%)

33 (19.2%)

Any adjuvant treatment

No

49 (13.5%)

23 (12.7%)

26 (14.3%)

0.755

Yes

314 (86.5%)

158 (87.3%)

156 (85.7%)

Receptor status

(ER+ or PR+)/(HER2- or HER2 missing)

212 (63.5%)

121 (72.9%)

91 (54.2%)

0.001

ER-/PR-/(HER2- or missing)

67 (20.1%)

26 (15.7%)

41 (24.4%)

HER2+

55 (16.5%)

19 (11.4%)

36 (21.4%)

Survival status

Alive

263 (71.9%)

133 (72.7%)

130 (71%)

0.82

Dead

103 (28.1%)

50 (27.3%)

53 (29%)

Recurrence status

No recurrence

272 (76.6%)

130 (73%)

142 (80.2%)

0.133

Recurrence

83 (23.4%)

48 (27%)

35 (19.8%)

  1. NED no evidence of disease, ER estrogen receptor, PR progesterone receptor, HER2 human epidermal growth factor receptor 2
  2. A higher chemokine score was associated with Caucasian race, higher grade, ER- status, and HER2+ status