Variable 4-year OAS rate (%) 4-year DFS rate (%)
Age at diagnosis:    
<50 years 88.4 86.2
≥50 years 83.2 79.4
P value p = 0.18, HR 0.66, 95% CI 0.36 – 1.22 p = 0.21, HR 0.69 95% CI 0.39 – 1.23
Disease stage:    
Stage I 100 100
Stage II 88.8 79.7
Stage III 79.7 77.8
P value p = 0.06 p = 0.032
HR Status:    
HR Positive 87.5 85.1
HR Negative 82.7 78.2
P value p = 0.1, HR 0.52, 95% CI: 0.241 – 1.135 p = 0.07, HR 0.52, 95% CI: 0.251 – 1.06
Type of surgery:    
BCS 87.5 82.6
MRM 86 84.2
P value p = 0.28, HR 1.44, 95% CI: 0.74 – 2.79 p = 0.96, HR 1.01, 95% CI: 0.547 – 1.88
Radiation dose & fractionation:    
HF 90.4 85.6
CF 82.5 80.9
P value p = 0.12, HR 0.63, 95% CI: 0.35 – 1.34 p = 0.039, HR 0.553, 95% CI: 0.315 – 0.970
Table 2: Four year OAS and DFS rates in 343 breast cancer patients according to prognostic factors: [4-year OAS & DFS rates for the whole group were 86.5% and 83.8% respectively].