Although there was no association between autophagy-related protein expression and breast cancer prognosis in ER-negative breast cancer, in the AR (+)/HER-2 (–) group, stromal p62 positivity was an independent factor associated with shorter DFS, while in the AR (–)/HER-2 (+) group, tumoral LC3A positivity was an independent factor for shorter DFS. Here, AR is linked to breast carcinoma.