To elucidate if high-level expression of HSP90 isoforms were truly independent prognostic factors, we conducted Cox Proportional-Hazards Regression (COXPH) survival analyses to quantify the weight of the hazard ratios associated with high expression and their significance when considered alongside other clinical variables, such as size, grade, nodal status, age, HER2, ER and PR, in the whole cohort and in the relevant subtype of cancer. The gene discussed is ERBB2; the disease is cancer.