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Table 5 Clinicopathologic characteristics of breast cancer with SDHA and/or SDHB negativity in tumor cells

From: Succinate dehydrogenase expression in breast cancer

Parameters

SDHA

SDHB

Negative n = 41 (%)

Positive n = 680 (%)

P-value

Negative n = 24 (%)

Positive n = 697 (%)

P-value

Age (years, mean ± SD)

45.4 ± 10.3

49.9 ± 10.9

0.012

46.9 ± 9.1

49.7 ± 10.9

0.212

Histologic grade

  

0.062

  

0.044

 I/II

33 (80.5)

451 (66.3)

 

21 (87.5)

463 (66.4)

 

 III

8 (19.5)

229 (33.7)

 

3 (12.5)

234 (33.6)

 

ER

  

0.405

  

0.286

 Negative

12 (29.3)

249 (36.6)

 

6 (25.0)

255 (36.6)

 

 Positive

29 (70.7)

431 (63.4)

 

18 (75.0)

442 (63.4)

 

PR

  

0.748

  

1.000

 Negative

21 (51.2)

325 (47.8)

 

11 (45.8)

335 (48.1)

 

 Positive

20 (48.8)

355 (52.2)

 

13 (54.2)

362 (51.9)

 

HER-2

  

0.693

  

0.800

 Negative

34 (82.9)

539 (79.3)

 

20 (83.3)

553 (79.3)

 

 Positive

7 (17.1)

141 (20.7)

 

4 (16.7)

144 (20.7)

 

Tumor stage

  

0.750

  

0.213

 T1

21 (51.2)

329 (48.4)

 

15 (62.5)

335 (48.1)

 

 T2/T3

20 (48.8)

351 (51.6)

 

9 (37.5)

362 (51.9)

 

Nodal stage

  

0.625

  

0.529

 N0

26 (63.4)

399 (58.7)

 

16 (66.7)

409 (58.7)

 

 N1/N2/N3

15 (36.6)

281 (41.3)

 

8 (33.3)

288 (41.3)

 

Molecular subtypes

  

0.452

  

0.134

 Luminal A

21 (51.2)

281 (41.3)

 

15 (62.5)

287 (41.2)

 

 Luminal B

8 (19.5)

160 (23.5)

 

3 (12.5)

165 (23.7)

 

 HER-2

5 (12.2)

64 (9.4)

 

3 (12.5)

66 (9.5)

 

 TNBC

7 (17.1)

175 (25.7)

 

3 (12.5)

179 (25.7)

 

Ki-67 LI (%, mean ± SD)

13.0 ± 12.3

17.5 ± 18.7

0.127

9.9 ± 10.0

17.5 ± 18.6

0.046

Tumor recurrence

4 (9.8)

59 (8.7)

0.775

1 (4.2)

62 (8.9)

0.714

Patient death

4 (9.8)

56 (8.2)

0.768

1 (4.2)

59 (8.5)

0.713

  1. SDH succinate dehydrogenase, TNBC triple negative breast cancer.