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Table 3 Lymph-node status of the 175 study participants with primary breast cancer in relation to one or more potential risk factors

From: Expression of PIK3CA, PTEN mRNA and PIK3CA mutations in primary breast cancer: association with lymph node metastases

 

No. of potential risk factors

  
 

0

1

2

3

Total

p-trend

Number, N (%)

13 (7)

91 (52)

61 (35)

10 (6)

175 (100)

 

Lymph node status, N (%)

      

 No metastases

5 (38)

36 (40)

23 (38)

6 (60)

70 (40)

0.543

 Metastases

8 (62)

55 (60)

38 (62)

4 (40)

105 (60)

 
  1. Potential risk factors are: PIK3CA expression > 50.60 (median), PTEN expression ≤ 22.98 (median), and PIK3CA mutations.