Multivariate analyses of DFS revealed prognostic significance of tumour expression of PLCγ1 (HR, 1.5; 95% CI, 1.0–2.3; P = 0.029), pY1253-PLCγ1 (HR, 1.6; 95% CI, 1.1–2.3; P = 0.024) and tumour grade (Additional file 1: Table S1). Here, PLCG1 is linked to neoplasm.