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Table 4 Relationships between the prognostic (+/- relapses) and the mRNA levels of the 47 selected genes in 100 ERα-positive breast tumors

From: Identification of a three-gene expression signature of poor-prognosis breast carcinoma

GENES

Tumors without relapses (n = 63)

Tumors with relapses (n = 37)

P a

ROC-AUCb

BRCA2

4.6 (1.0–12.4) c

7.1 (1.9–18.8)

0.0011

0.696 (0.59–0.80) d

DNMT3B

3.0 (1.0–13.6)

4.6 (1.2–17.4)

0.0015

0.690 (0.58–0.80)

CCNE1

6.2 (1.0–36.9)

8.9 (3.1–82.5)

0.0038

0.674 (0.57–0.78)

HMMR/RHAMM

18.9 (1.0–163.5)

30.1 (3.8–186.5)

0.0068

0.663 (0.55–0.77)

MKI67

9.1 (1.0–49.8)

14.4 (1.7–54.9)

0.016

0.645 (0.53–0.75)

TERT

18.7 (1.0–121.9)

22.1 (1.8–135.8)

0.049

0.618 (0.50–0.73)

TOP2A

40.9 (1.0–306)

55.6 (6.1–317)

NS

0.605 (0.49–0.72)

PLAU/UPA

4.6 (1.0–36.4)

5.8 (1.4–34.0)

NS

0.588 (0.47–0.70)

CGB

4.2 (1.0–31.2)

6.4 (1.4–32.8)

NS

0.579 (0.46–0.70)

ERBB2

14.0 (1.0–175)

16.3 (4.2–179.8)

NS

0.573 (0.46–0.69)

BRCA1

11.9 (1.0–44.5)

14.3 (1.8–62.5)

NS

0.569 (0.45–0.69)

CXCR4

6.5 (1.0–40.5)

7.5 (1.5–71.5)

NS

0.569 (0.45–0.68)

PTTG1/Securin

1.9 (1.0–26.9)

1.9 (1.2–33.1)

NS

0.566 (0.45–0.68)

SRC

2.6 (1.0–4.3)

2.9 (1.4–10.2)

NS

0.561 (0.45–0.67)

p16/CDKN2A

3.4 (1.0–107.4)

4.4 (1.1–136.7)

NS

0.560 (0.44–0.68)

AREG

89.3 (1.0–5667)

110.1 (3.1–3301)

NS

0.555 (0.44–0.67)

SERPINE1/PAI1

3.8 (1.0–21.4)

4.5 (1.3–21.8)

NS

0.554 (0.44–0.67)

ERBB3

2.6 (1.0–10.7)

3.3 (1.2–13.4)

NS

0.552 (0.44–0.67)

SERPINB5/Maspin

12.6 (1.0–321)

16.4 (1.0–718)

NS

0.551 (0.43–0.67)

CDH1

11.3 (1.0–32.6)

13.9 (1.5–33.3)

NS

0.549 (0.43–0.67)

p15/CDKN2B

3.5 (1.0–16.2)

4.2 (1.0–34.9)

NS

0.548 (0.43–0.67)

SPP1/Osteopontin

43.3 (1.0–1403)

56.8 (2.1–941)

NS

0.548 (0.42–0.68)

ETV4/PEA3/E1AF

5.1 (1.0–49.3)

6.9 (1.8–62.0)

NS

0.545 (0.43–0.66)

CP/Ceruloplasmin

33.5 (1.0–9815)

81.5 (1.0–33943)

NS

0.545 (0.42–0.67)

SERPINB2/PAI2

13.0 (1.0–498)

15.3 (1.0–1652)

NS

0.535 (0.42–0.65)

TIAM1

13.6 (1.0–55.9)

13.3 (3.9–83.2)

NS

0.526 (0.41–0.64)

RB1

4.2 (1.0–7.4)

4.3 (1.5–7.7)

NS

0.520 (0.40–0.64)

AR

54.2 (1.0–219)

64.8 (1.0–211)

NS

0.518 (0.40–0.64)

HAS2

6.5 (1.0–40.8)

6.4 (1.4–31.9)

NS

0.516 (0.40–0.63)

TFF1/pS2

1772 (1.0–138 545)

1783 (3–55 878)

NS

0.509 (0.39–0.62)

ESR2/ERβ

28.2 (1.0–368)

25.3 (1.4–219)

NS

0.500 (0.38–0.62)

ERBB4

141 (1.0–1489)

143 (2.1–1062)

NS

0.483 (0.37–0.60)

KRT19

14.4 (1.6–99.1)

10.8 (1.0–57.1)

NS

0.482 (0.36–0.60)

ESR1/ERα

25.5 (1.0–508)

21.7 (1.2–498)

NS

0.479 (0.36–0.60)

CXCL12

12.1 (1.3–36.1)

9.6 (1.0–30.5)

NS

0.464 (0.35–0.58)

MYC

8.1 (1.0–35.5)

7.5 (1.0–51.2)

NS

0.464 (0.35–0.58)

EGFR/ERBB1

8.3 (1.2–108)

6.2 (1.0–66.8)

NS

0.462 (0.34–0.58)

ARHC/RhoC

6.9 (1.0–192)

6.3 (1.0–17.2)

NS

0.458 (0.34–0.58)

p14/ARF

4.9 (1.4–68.1)

4.4 (1.0–61.2)

NS

0.457 (0.34–0.57)

XLKD1/LYVE-1

4.5 (1.4–10.9)

3.7 (1.0–10.7)

NS

0.448 (0.33–0.57)

CD44

3.1 (1.2–9.6)

2.7 (1.0–8.4)

NS

0.440 (0.32–0.56)

CGA

17.6 (1.0–16 552)

6.4 (1.0–5 836)

NS

0.425 (0.31–0.54)

CAV1

7.4 (1.1–30.7)

5.6 (1.0–26.6)

NS

0.422 (0.31–0.54)

BCL2

4.9 (1.2–13.3)

3.2 (1.0–11.8)

NS

0.415 (0.30–0.53)

PGR/PR

277 (1.0–8 034)

97 (1.0–4 551)

NS

0.412 (0.29–0.53)

PTGS2/COX2

4.6 (1.0–154)

3.0 (1.0–14.8)

NS

0.397 (0.28–0.51)

CCND1

6.3 (1.2–45.3)

4.0 (1.0–21.3)

0.042

0.378 (0.26–0.50)

  1. a:P value, Mann-Whitney U test ; NS, not significant
  2. b:ROC (Receiver Operating Characteristics) – AUC (Area Under Curve) analysis
  3. c:Median (range) of gene mRNA levels
  4. d:AUC value (95% confidence interval)