Research Article

Low Expression of DDX60 Gene Might Associate with the Radiosensitivity for Patients with Breast Cancer

Table 1

Associations of clinical indicators and DDX60 expression levels with total survival in training data.

Univariate analysisMultivariate analysis
HR (95% CI) valuesHR (95% CI) values

Radiotherapy
 Yes195 (55.71%)0.729 (0.372–1.426)0.3560.663 (0.280–1.571)0.351
 No155 (44.29%)1.0001.000
Age
 ≥60166 (47.43%)2.424 (1.227–4.789)0.0112.404 (1.076–5.372)0.033
 <60179 (51.14%)1.0001.000
 NA5 (1.43%)
History of other malignancies
 Yes14 (4.00%)2.768 (0.655–11.700)0.1661.334 (0.255–6.966)0.732
 No336 (96.00%)1.0001.000
Histologic type
 IDC232 (66.29%)0.830 (0.379–1.817)0.6411.514 (0.569–4.033)0.406
 MBC28 (8.00%)0.703 (0.185–2.671)0.6041.971 (0.469–8.291)0.355
 ILC83 (23.71%)1.0001.000
 NA7 (2.00%)
First surgical procedure
 Lumpectomy83 (23.71%)0.387 (0.071–2.113)0.2730.430 (0.069–2.666)0.364
 Modified radical mastectomy120 (34.29%)2.442 (0.806–7.401)0.1141.740 (0.452–6.697)0.421
 Others64 (18.29%)1.565 (0.473–5.180)0.4631.581 (0.425–5.887)0.495
 A simple mastectomy63 (18.00%)1.000
 NA20 (5.71%)
T stage
 T3/T456 (16.00%)2.980 (1.448–6.133)0.0031.328 (0.469–3.760)0.594
 T1/T2293 (83.71%)1.0001.000
 NA1 (0.29%)
N stage
 N2/N361 (17.43%)4.091 (1.996–8.384)<0.0013.525 (1.134–10.956)0.030
 N0/N1286 (81.71%)1.0001.000
 NA3 (0.86%)
M stage
 M18 (2.29%)4.233 (1.716–10.440)0.0021.741 (0.401–7.557)0.459
 M0300 (85.71%)1.0001.000
 NA42 (12.00%)
ER status by IHC
 Positive271 (77.43%)2.996 (1.018–8.814)0.0461.870 (0.372–9.417)0.448
 Negative64 (18.29%)1.0001.000
 NA15 (4.29%)
PR status by IHC
 Positive234 (66.89%)2.029 (0.863–4.772)0.1050.925 (0.260–3.290)0.905
 Negative101 (28.86%)1.0001.000
 NA15 (4.29%)
HER2 status by IHC
 Positive72 (20.57%)0.791 (0.296–2.118)0.6410.856 (0.217–3.378)0.826
 Overexpression51 (14.57%)1.043 (0.335–3.244)0.9420.746 (0.151–3.682)0.724
 Negative174 (49.71%)1.0001.000
 NA53 (15.14%)
Chemotherapy
 Yes295 (84.29%)0.237 (0.100–0.565)0.0010.214 (0.073–0.623)0.005
 No55 (15.71%)1.0001.000
DDX60 expression
 High175 (50%)0.7003 (0.353–1.391)0.3090.816 (0.379–1.757)0.604
 Low175 (50%)1.0001.000

Note. NA: data are not available; HR: hazard ratio; CI: confidence interval; IDC: invasive ductal carcinoma; MBC: special carcinomas, medullary carcinomas, mucinous carcinomas, mixed carcinomas, and others; ILC: invasive lobular carcinoma; IHC: immunohistochemistry.