Research Article
The Prognostic Value of Lymph Node Cross-Sectional Cancer Area in Node-Positive Breast Cancer: A Comparison with N Stage and Lymph Node Ratio
Table 3
Multivariate analysis of the prognostic factors by Cox’s regression model in node-positive patients (
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| Variable | Hazard Ratio | 95% CI | -value |
| Age (continuous) | 0.99 | 0.97–1.03 | 0.887 | T1 versus (T2 + T3 + T4) | 0.88 | 0.33–2.34 | 0.791 | Tumor size (continuous) | 1.12 | 0.99–1.26 | 0.071 | Histologicgrade(G1+G2versusG3) | 3.52 | 1.66–7.48 | 0.001 | ERexpression(yesversusno) | 0.39 | 0.19–0.81 | 0.012 | ECE (yes versus no) | 0.73 | 0.26–2.07 | 0.550 | metLN (continuous) | 0.93 | 0.01–1.018 | 0.052 | LNR(continuous) | 25.02 | 5.37–116.59 | 0.001 | LN cancer area (continuous) | 2.24 | 0.45–11.09 | 0.323 |
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