Research Article
The Relationship between MACC1/c-Met/Cyclin D1 Axis Expression and Prognosis in ESCC
Table 7
Multivariate analysis of factors associated with OS and PFS for ESCC.
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 |  |  | OS | PFS |  | 95% CI | HR | value | 95% CI | HR | value |  | 
 |  | Age (years) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | <60/≥60 | 1.058-2.290 | 1.566 | 0.03 | — | — | — |  | Tumor size |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | <3 cm/≥3 cm | 0.403-0.990 | 0.631 | 0.04 | 0.428-1.008 | 0.657 | 0.06 |  | Degree of differentiation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Poor/moderate/well | 0.563-0.998 | 0.746 | 0.04 | 0.511-0.875 | 0.668 | 0.003 |  | Lymph node metastasis |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Negative/positive | 1.200-2.685 | 1.795 | 0.004 | 1.307-2.830 | 1.923 | 0.001 |  | AJCC stage |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | I/II/III/IV | — | — | — | 1.076-1.795 | 1.39 | 0.01 |  | Nerve invasion |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Negative/positive | 1.058-2.586 | 1.654 | 0.03 | 1.147-2.638 | 1.739 | 0.009 |  | MACC1 expression |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Negative/positive | 0.393-0.884 | 0.589 | 0.01 | — | — | — |  | c-Met expression |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Negative/positive | 0.237-0.582 | 0.371 | <0.001 | 0.377-0.829 | 0.559 | 0.004 |  | 
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| Abbreviations: ESCC: esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; AJCC: American Joint Committee on Cancer; OS: overall survival; PFS: progression-free survival.
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