showed a trendP =0.05
An exploratory multivariate analysis for association of OS showed a trend of higher expression level of miR-21 (HR=1.75 with 95% CI: 1.00–3.09, P =0.05) and for E2F1 (HR=1.57 with 95% CI: 0.89–2.77, P =0.12) associated with higher risk of death (data not shown).