(G) and (H) Kaplan-Meier survival analysis demonstrated that PRDM1 expression predicted a favourable effect on overall survival (OS) learn more and failure-free survival (FFS) of EN-NK/T-NT patients (P = 0.084 and P = 0.042, respectively). Correlation between PRDM1 expression and the clinical factors of EN-NK/T-NT patients To identify the possible biological role of PRDM1 expression in EN-NK/T-NT, we analysed the correlation between the expression of PRDM1 and clinical findings in EN-NK/T-NT patients. Follow-up study of 35 cases showed mean and median survival periods of 32 months

and 20 months, respectively. The 5-year OS rate was 37.14%. The clinical characteristics of the patients including sex, age, Ann Arbor Stage and patient outcome, and the results of the statistical analysis are summarised in Table 2. Table 2 Correlation of PRDM1 and miR-223 expression with clinical factors and prognostic value       PRDM1 expression       miR-223 expression

    n Percent Negative Positive P n Percent Negative Positive P Patients 61         31         male 34 55.74 26 8 0.829 19 61.29 5 14 0.704 female 27 44.26 20 7   12 38.71 4 8   Age (year) 61         31         <40 29 47.54 21 8 0.463 13 41.94 4 9 NA※ 40-60 20 32.79 17 3   11 35.48 2 9   >60 12 19.67 8 4 Selleckchem ITF2357   7 22.58 2 5   Stage ∆ 46         26         І/ІІ 18 39.13 9 9 0.009 9 34.62 3 6 0.661 III/IV 28 60.87 24 4   17 65.38 4 13   Outcome 35         21         alive 12 34.29 6 6 0.038 8 38.10 3 5 0.325 dead 23 65.71 20 3   13 61.90 2 11   5-year OS 35         21         Mean ± SD

    39.49 ± 9.62 64.02 ± 11.48 0.045     53.40 ± 18.41 45.70 ± 10.05 0.504 OS 35         21         Mean ± SD     44.72 ± 10.41 64.02 ± 11.48 0.084     53.40 ± 18.41 52.84 ± 10.70 0.784 FFS 35         21         Mean ± SD     26.50 ± 5.60 57.41 ± 11.60 0.042     43.20 ± 16.89 38.99 ± 7.84 0.691 ※NA, not analyzed, because of limited sample size. △Ann Arbor Stage. A univariate analysis of advanced stage (III/IV) disease showed significantly downregulated expression levels of PRDM1 (P = 0.009, Table 2). As expectedly, the frequency of PRDM1 expression distribution was significantly different among living and deceased patients (P = 0.038) PIK3C2G and had a significant effect on the 5-year OS (P = 0.045). Notably, Kaplan-Meier single-factor analysis and the log-rank test revealed that HDAC cancer PRDM1-positive staining predicted a favourable effect on OS and FFS (Table 2, Figure 1G and H), suggesting that the expression of PRDM1 may be an important predictive factor in EN-NK/T-NT patients. In addition, multivariate analysis and Cox regression combining Ann Arbor Stage revealed that PRDM1 expression status did not reach statistical significance as an independent predictor of 5-year OS (P = 0.556) and FFS (P = 0.727), but Ann Arbor Stage was an independent predictor of 5-year OS (P = 0.002) and FFS (P = 0.003).