Taking stages I III together, CIN continued to be a significant prognostic factor in univariate analysis (P=0.006) and it retained significance as an independent prognostic factor in Cox multivariate analysis (HR 1.56 (1.13–2.15), P=0.007).
Primary tumor volume (PTV) is known to be a significant prognostic factor in malignant tumor.
Monosomy 3 is thought to be a significant prognostic indicator, so its absence was investigated further.
The anatomical location of neurogenic HO was not found to be a significant prognostic factor for recurrence.
The etiology of the neurological injury was found to be a significant prognostic factor for recurrence; recurrence was 6 times more common after brain injury (subtype b) compared to spinal cord injury (subtype a).
Furthermore, promoter hyper-methylation of APC and RASSF1 has been demonstrated to be a significant prognostic factor for the survival of breast cancer patients [30].
Our study suggested that laboratory data can be a significant prognostic factor.
Moreover, extent of tumor resection has shown to be a significant prognostic factor.
Also the tumour localisation was found to be a significant prognostic marker.
INPC histology was also shown to be a significant prognostic factor.
Extent of regional lymph node metastases was also found by Unger and colleagues to be a significant prognostic factor[ 20 ].
