highly significantP < 0.001
Both pT and pN showed highly significant correlations with local recurrence and distant metastasis ( P < 0.001).
Both pT and pN showed highly significant correlations with local recurrence and distant metastasis ( P < 0.001).
Based on the analysis of the pre-therapeutic biopsies, Drebber et al 25 found that patients with a higher level of HER-2 expression showed a trend of a better DFS ( P = 0.1) and a significant benefit in cancer-specific survival ( P = 0.03).