Research Article

Pilot Study on MAGE-C2 as a Potential Biomarker for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Table 2

Univariate and multivariate analysis of disease-free survival in 110 patients.

VariablesUnivariateMultivariate
HR95% CI valueHR95% CI value

Age, years (≤35 versus >35)0.4080.202–0.8210.0120.3670.174–0.7730.008
Tumor size, cm (≤2 versus >2)1.5510.640–3.7570.3311.3810.528–3.6090.510
Lymph node status (negative versus positive)5.0962.207–11.768<0.0013.2741.229–8.7230.018
TNM stage (I/II versus II)2.9751.498–5.9090.0021.5740.547–4.5280.400
Differentiation (well versus moderate/poor)4.3460.594–31.8160.1482.7200.325–22.7440.356
Lymphovascular invasion (no versus yes)4.4902.257–8.931<0.0012.8031.087–7.2250.033
MAGE-C2 expression (low versus high)2.1701.092–4.3110.0271.5131.168–3.5670.041