After examining the univariate relationships between the clinicopathological variables and MFS (Table 2), on the basis of a multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression model adjusted for age, grade, nodal status, tumor size, treatment arm and ER and PR status and Ki67 index, we assessed whether EP could be used to provide independent prognostic information in the ER+/HER2− cohort. This evidence concerns the gene PGR and neoplasm.