Breast Invasive Carcinoma: Correlation between copy number variations of arm-level result and selected clinical features
(primary solid tumor cohort)
Maintained by TCGA GDAC Team (Broad Institute/MD Anderson Cancer Center/Harvard Medical School)
Overview
Introduction

This pipeline computes the correlation between significant arm-level copy number variations (cnvs) and selected clinical features.

Summary

Testing the association between copy number variation 80 arm-level results and 9 clinical features across 857 patients, no significant finding detected with Q value < 0.25.

  • No arm-level cnvs related to clinical features.

Results
Overview of the results

Table 1.  Get Full Table Overview of the association between significant copy number variation of 80 arm-level results and 9 clinical features. Shown in the table are P values (Q values). Thresholded by Q value < 0.25, no significant finding detected.

Clinical
Features
Time
to
Death
AGE GENDER RADIATIONS
RADIATION
REGIMENINDICATION
DISTANT
METASTASIS
LYMPH
NODE
METASTASIS
NUMBER
OF
LYMPH
NODES
TUMOR
STAGECODE
NEOPLASM
DISEASESTAGE
nCNV (%) nWild-Type logrank test t-test Fisher's exact test Fisher's exact test Fisher's exact test Chi-square test t-test t-test Chi-square test
1p gain 91 (11%) 766 0.183
(1.00)
0.513
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.0202
(1.00)
0.787
(1.00)
0.569
(1.00)
0.719
(1.00)
0.884
(1.00)
1q gain 459 (54%) 398 0.07
(1.00)
0.241
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.427
(1.00)
0.695
(1.00)
0.666
(1.00)
0.573
(1.00)
0.418
(1.00)
2p gain 48 (6%) 809 0.784
(1.00)
0.697
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.302
(1.00)
0.345
(1.00)
0.898
(1.00)
0.401
(1.00)
0.302
(1.00)
2q gain 25 (3%) 832 0.97
(1.00)
0.949
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.0158
(1.00)
0.416
(1.00)
0.648
(1.00)
0.272
(1.00)
0.787
(1.00)
3p gain 54 (6%) 803 0.534
(1.00)
0.0359
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.423
(1.00)
0.474
(1.00)
0.491
(1.00)
0.111
(1.00)
3q gain 95 (11%) 762 0.177
(1.00)
0.529
(1.00)
0.608
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.445
(1.00)
0.388
(1.00)
0.174
(1.00)
0.134
(1.00)
4p gain 29 (3%) 828 0.0662
(1.00)
0.477
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.511
(1.00)
0.168
(1.00)
0.788
(1.00)
0.852
(1.00)
0.0016
(1.00)
4q gain 27 (3%) 830 0.0247
(1.00)
0.353
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.202
(1.00)
0.753
(1.00)
0.689
(1.00)
0.00246
(1.00)
5p gain 162 (19%) 695 0.173
(1.00)
0.0573
(1.00)
0.681
(1.00)
0.188
(1.00)
0.466
(1.00)
0.315
(1.00)
0.464
(1.00)
0.826
(1.00)
5q gain 99 (12%) 758 0.35
(1.00)
0.0052
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.267
(1.00)
0.358
(1.00)
0.806
(1.00)
0.866
(1.00)
0.93
(1.00)
6p gain 93 (11%) 764 0.831
(1.00)
0.273
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.00726
(1.00)
0.41
(1.00)
0.86
(1.00)
0.607
(1.00)
0.629
(1.00)
6q gain 56 (7%) 801 0.294
(1.00)
0.0699
(1.00)
0.457
(1.00)
0.522
(1.00)
0.342
(1.00)
0.442
(1.00)
0.962
(1.00)
0.744
(1.00)
7p gain 152 (18%) 705 0.859
(1.00)
0.0902
(1.00)
0.0113
(1.00)
0.0127
(1.00)
0.334
(1.00)
0.374
(1.00)
0.416
(1.00)
0.896
(1.00)
7q gain 110 (13%) 747 0.496
(1.00)
0.63
(1.00)
0.0969
(1.00)
0.0129
(1.00)
0.909
(1.00)
0.405
(1.00)
0.383
(1.00)
0.934
(1.00)
8p gain 166 (19%) 691 0.909
(1.00)
0.0981
(1.00)
0.688
(1.00)
0.92
(1.00)
0.798
(1.00)
0.83
(1.00)
0.773
(1.00)
0.746
(1.00)
8q gain 368 (43%) 489 0.77
(1.00)
0.032
(1.00)
0.509
(1.00)
0.129
(1.00)
0.457
(1.00)
0.246
(1.00)
0.917
(1.00)
0.617
(1.00)
9p gain 65 (8%) 792 0.506
(1.00)
0.539
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.235
(1.00)
0.6
(1.00)
0.131
(1.00)
0.284
(1.00)
0.15
(1.00)
9q gain 54 (6%) 803 0.432
(1.00)
0.25
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.143
(1.00)
0.936
(1.00)
0.381
(1.00)
0.434
(1.00)
0.695
(1.00)
10p gain 106 (12%) 751 0.778
(1.00)
0.838
(1.00)
0.611
(1.00)
0.279
(1.00)
0.109
(1.00)
0.603
(1.00)
0.113
(1.00)
0.00633
(1.00)
10q gain 44 (5%) 813 0.791
(1.00)
0.347
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.282
(1.00)
0.837
(1.00)
0.898
(1.00)
0.919
(1.00)
0.829
(1.00)
11p gain 64 (7%) 793 0.617
(1.00)
0.735
(1.00)
0.504
(1.00)
0.763
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.828
(1.00)
0.4
(1.00)
0.0413
(1.00)
11q gain 45 (5%) 812 0.0481
(1.00)
0.848
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.725
(1.00)
0.917
(1.00)
0.35
(1.00)
0.998
(1.00)
0.0394
(1.00)
12p gain 112 (13%) 745 0.765
(1.00)
0.562
(1.00)
0.0206
(1.00)
0.24
(1.00)
0.312
(1.00)
0.714
(1.00)
0.788
(1.00)
0.891
(1.00)
12q gain 85 (10%) 772 0.156
(1.00)
0.198
(1.00)
0.0509
(1.00)
0.291
(1.00)
0.0347
(1.00)
0.829
(1.00)
0.866
(1.00)
0.949
(1.00)
13q gain 45 (5%) 812 0.825
(1.00)
0.988
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.725
(1.00)
0.0673
(1.00)
0.825
(1.00)
0.0681
(1.00)
0.946
(1.00)
14q gain 75 (9%) 782 0.161
(1.00)
0.445
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.329
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.244
(1.00)
0.0333
(1.00)
0.0551
(1.00)
15q gain 44 (5%) 813 0.652
(1.00)
0.625
(1.00)
0.379
(1.00)
0.152
(1.00)
0.472
(1.00)
0.941
(1.00)
0.613
(1.00)
0.91
(1.00)
16p gain 245 (29%) 612 0.626
(1.00)
0.0278
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.19
(1.00)
0.58
(1.00)
0.115
(1.00)
0.0821
(1.00)
0.165
(1.00)
16q gain 53 (6%) 804 0.177
(1.00)
0.773
(1.00)
0.439
(1.00)
0.87
(1.00)
0.0761
(1.00)
0.62
(1.00)
0.992
(1.00)
0.0244
(1.00)
17p gain 46 (5%) 811 0.667
(1.00)
0.483
(1.00)
0.00969
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.709
(1.00)
0.887
(1.00)
0.388
(1.00)
0.764
(1.00)
17q gain 120 (14%) 737 0.805
(1.00)
0.655
(1.00)
0.0262
(1.00)
0.82
(1.00)
0.12
(1.00)
0.755
(1.00)
0.58
(1.00)
0.498
(1.00)
18p gain 83 (10%) 774 0.0989
(1.00)
0.0335
(1.00)
0.602
(1.00)
0.06
(1.00)
0.413
(1.00)
0.607
(1.00)
0.685
(1.00)
0.413
(1.00)
18q gain 74 (9%) 783 0.132
(1.00)
0.578
(1.00)
0.558
(1.00)
0.204
(1.00)
0.336
(1.00)
0.894
(1.00)
0.905
(1.00)
0.304
(1.00)
19p gain 68 (8%) 789 0.0603
(1.00)
0.211
(1.00)
0.156
(1.00)
0.143
(1.00)
0.174
(1.00)
0.863
(1.00)
0.349
(1.00)
0.681
(1.00)
19q gain 84 (10%) 773 0.00779
(1.00)
0.811
(1.00)
0.218
(1.00)
0.424
(1.00)
0.0226
(1.00)
0.0784
(1.00)
0.313
(1.00)
0.82
(1.00)
20p gain 233 (27%) 624 0.0457
(1.00)
0.107
(1.00)
0.067
(1.00)
0.859
(1.00)
0.14
(1.00)
0.285
(1.00)
0.026
(1.00)
0.274
(1.00)
20q gain 268 (31%) 589 0.141
(1.00)
0.484
(1.00)
0.148
(1.00)
0.67
(1.00)
0.305
(1.00)
0.324
(1.00)
0.0158
(1.00)
0.117
(1.00)
21q gain 99 (12%) 758 0.0436
(1.00)
0.0269
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.0252
(1.00)
0.64
(1.00)
0.135
(1.00)
0.0254
(1.00)
0.181
(1.00)
22q gain 40 (5%) 817 0.808
(1.00)
0.405
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.576
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.19
(1.00)
0.725
(1.00)
0.112
(1.00)
Xq gain 20 (2%) 837 0.118
(1.00)
0.11
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.297
(1.00)
0.101
(1.00)
0.0117
(1.00)
0.604
(1.00)
0.148
(1.00)
1p loss 116 (14%) 741 0.14
(1.00)
0.00937
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.42
(1.00)
0.334
(1.00)
0.0472
(1.00)
0.0687
(1.00)
0.0103
(1.00)
1q loss 21 (2%) 836 0.627
(1.00)
0.698
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.812
(1.00)
0.956
(1.00)
0.625
(1.00)
0.989
(1.00)
2p loss 73 (9%) 784 0.826
(1.00)
0.458
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.159
(1.00)
0.224
(1.00)
0.652
(1.00)
0.398
(1.00)
0.357
(1.00)
2q loss 87 (10%) 770 0.642
(1.00)
0.674
(1.00)
0.61
(1.00)
0.24
(1.00)
0.175
(1.00)
0.63
(1.00)
0.362
(1.00)
0.141
(1.00)
3p loss 88 (10%) 769 0.0356
(1.00)
0.0497
(1.00)
0.609
(1.00)
0.434
(1.00)
0.453
(1.00)
0.999
(1.00)
0.453
(1.00)
0.758
(1.00)
3q loss 43 (5%) 814 0.231
(1.00)
0.0868
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.068
(1.00)
0.238
(1.00)
0.736
(1.00)
0.699
(1.00)
0.767
(1.00)
4p loss 178 (21%) 679 0.45
(1.00)
0.252
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.12
(1.00)
0.947
(1.00)
0.362
(1.00)
0.53
(1.00)
0.505
(1.00)
4q loss 150 (18%) 707 0.477
(1.00)
0.966
(1.00)
0.373
(1.00)
0.466
(1.00)
0.875
(1.00)
0.134
(1.00)
0.938
(1.00)
0.491
(1.00)
5p loss 68 (8%) 789 0.139
(1.00)
0.106
(1.00)
0.527
(1.00)
0.884
(1.00)
0.448
(1.00)
0.181
(1.00)
0.818
(1.00)
0.12
(1.00)
5q loss 119 (14%) 738 0.306
(1.00)
0.118
(1.00)
0.621
(1.00)
0.647
(1.00)
0.753
(1.00)
0.182
(1.00)
0.206
(1.00)
0.115
(1.00)
6p loss 109 (13%) 748 0.254
(1.00)
0.128
(1.00)
0.613
(1.00)
0.343
(1.00)
0.115
(1.00)
0.764
(1.00)
0.942
(1.00)
0.974
(1.00)
6q loss 166 (19%) 691 0.952
(1.00)
0.00697
(1.00)
0.219
(1.00)
0.133
(1.00)
0.469
(1.00)
0.957
(1.00)
0.644
(1.00)
0.898
(1.00)
7p loss 47 (5%) 810 0.526
(1.00)
0.566
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.296
(1.00)
0.783
(1.00)
0.786
(1.00)
0.582
(1.00)
0.145
(1.00)
7q loss 63 (7%) 794 0.132
(1.00)
0.259
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.651
(1.00)
0.197
(1.00)
0.967
(1.00)
0.301
(1.00)
0.189
(1.00)
8p loss 257 (30%) 600 0.00387
(1.00)
0.538
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.863
(1.00)
0.548
(1.00)
0.337
(1.00)
0.176
(1.00)
0.916
(1.00)
8q loss 45 (5%) 812 0.00592
(1.00)
0.931
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.594
(1.00)
0.275
(1.00)
0.509
(1.00)
0.424
(1.00)
0.559
(1.00)
9p loss 184 (21%) 673 0.0158
(1.00)
0.958
(1.00)
0.413
(1.00)
0.441
(1.00)
0.177
(1.00)
0.157
(1.00)
0.675
(1.00)
0.094
(1.00)
9q loss 140 (16%) 717 0.0163
(1.00)
0.539
(1.00)
0.17
(1.00)
0.915
(1.00)
0.285
(1.00)
0.192
(1.00)
0.994
(1.00)
0.295
(1.00)
10p loss 72 (8%) 785 0.0778
(1.00)
0.53
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.67
(1.00)
0.0353
(1.00)
0.709
(1.00)
0.496
(1.00)
0.294
(1.00)
10q loss 106 (12%) 751 0.00376
(1.00)
0.692
(1.00)
0.611
(1.00)
0.473
(1.00)
0.302
(1.00)
0.347
(1.00)
0.737
(1.00)
0.71
(1.00)
11p loss 138 (16%) 719 0.0149
(1.00)
0.383
(1.00)
0.369
(1.00)
0.59
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.285
(1.00)
0.0374
(1.00)
0.271
(1.00)
11q loss 220 (26%) 637 0.156
(1.00)
0.617
(1.00)
0.0534
(1.00)
0.469
(1.00)
0.611
(1.00)
0.319
(1.00)
0.151
(1.00)
0.113
(1.00)
12p loss 65 (8%) 792 0.0972
(1.00)
0.995
(1.00)
0.51
(1.00)
0.455
(1.00)
0.794
(1.00)
0.433
(1.00)
0.866
(1.00)
0.471
(1.00)
12q loss 50 (6%) 807 0.229
(1.00)
0.218
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.613
(1.00)
0.93
(1.00)
0.766
(1.00)
0.604
(1.00)
0.157
(1.00)
13q loss 257 (30%) 600 0.0791
(1.00)
0.176
(1.00)
0.464
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.498
(1.00)
0.211
(1.00)
0.613
(1.00)
0.838
(1.00)
14q loss 127 (15%) 730 0.00846
(1.00)
0.217
(1.00)
0.37
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.409
(1.00)
0.0617
(1.00)
0.862
(1.00)
0.726
(1.00)
15q loss 156 (18%) 701 0.234
(1.00)
0.174
(1.00)
0.377
(1.00)
0.475
(1.00)
0.29
(1.00)
0.589
(1.00)
0.452
(1.00)
0.445
(1.00)
16p loss 53 (6%) 804 0.962
(1.00)
0.657
(1.00)
0.102
(1.00)
0.87
(1.00)
0.642
(1.00)
0.75
(1.00)
0.435
(1.00)
0.754
(1.00)
16q loss 366 (43%) 491 0.0272
(1.00)
0.00135
(0.857)
1
(1.00)
0.473
(1.00)
0.653
(1.00)
0.489
(1.00)
0.0564
(1.00)
0.922
(1.00)
17p loss 357 (42%) 500 0.338
(1.00)
0.0245
(1.00)
0.742
(1.00)
0.0773
(1.00)
0.551
(1.00)
0.456
(1.00)
0.331
(1.00)
0.337
(1.00)
17q loss 137 (16%) 720 0.598
(1.00)
0.238
(1.00)
0.368
(1.00)
0.914
(1.00)
0.927
(1.00)
0.206
(1.00)
0.213
(1.00)
0.96
(1.00)
18p loss 167 (19%) 690 0.00592
(1.00)
0.00127
(0.808)
1
(1.00)
0.425
(1.00)
0.712
(1.00)
0.54
(1.00)
0.27
(1.00)
0.442
(1.00)
18q loss 166 (19%) 691 0.0396
(1.00)
0.00111
(0.71)
1
(1.00)
0.483
(1.00)
0.356
(1.00)
0.442
(1.00)
0.149
(1.00)
0.0663
(1.00)
19p loss 66 (8%) 791 0.533
(1.00)
0.318
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.236
(1.00)
0.353
(1.00)
0.136
(1.00)
0.538
(1.00)
0.234
(1.00)
19q loss 52 (6%) 805 0.632
(1.00)
0.991
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.621
(1.00)
0.741
(1.00)
0.0884
(1.00)
0.846
(1.00)
0.0332
(1.00)
20p loss 50 (6%) 807 0.00351
(1.00)
0.944
(1.00)
0.419
(1.00)
0.866
(1.00)
0.336
(1.00)
0.119
(1.00)
0.317
(1.00)
0.352
(1.00)
20q loss 27 (3%) 830 0.576
(1.00)
0.865
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.65
(1.00)
0.376
(1.00)
0.441
(1.00)
0.754
(1.00)
0.834
(1.00)
21q loss 83 (10%) 774 0.961
(1.00)
0.661
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.789
(1.00)
0.14
(1.00)
0.572
(1.00)
0.459
(1.00)
0.00505
(1.00)
22q loss 288 (34%) 569 0.124
(1.00)
0.845
(1.00)
0.172
(1.00)
0.111
(1.00)
0.798
(1.00)
0.0663
(1.00)
0.097
(1.00)
0.8
(1.00)
Xq loss 31 (4%) 826 0.0537
(1.00)
0.722
(1.00)
0.0389
(1.00)
0.297
(1.00)
0.327
(1.00)
0.988
(1.00)
0.377
(1.00)
0.0011
(0.704)
Methods & Data
Input
  • Mutation data file = broad_values_by_arm.mutsig.cluster.txt

  • Clinical data file = BRCA-TP.clin.merged.picked.txt

  • Number of patients = 857

  • Number of significantly arm-level cnvs = 80

  • Number of selected clinical features = 9

  • Exclude genes that fewer than K tumors have mutations, K = 3

Survival analysis

For survival clinical features, the Kaplan-Meier survival curves of tumors with and without gene mutations were plotted and the statistical significance P values were estimated by logrank test (Bland and Altman 2004) using the 'survdiff' function in R

Student's t-test analysis

For continuous numerical clinical features, two-tailed Student's t test with unequal variance (Lehmann and Romano 2005) was applied to compare the clinical values between tumors with and without gene mutations using 't.test' function in R

Fisher's exact test

For binary or multi-class clinical features (nominal or ordinal), two-tailed Fisher's exact tests (Fisher 1922) were used to estimate the P values using the 'fisher.test' function in R

Chi-square test

For multi-class clinical features (nominal or ordinal), Chi-square tests (Greenwood and Nikulin 1996) were used to estimate the P values using the 'chisq.test' function in R

Q value calculation

For multiple hypothesis correction, Q value is the False Discovery Rate (FDR) analogue of the P value (Benjamini and Hochberg 1995), defined as the minimum FDR at which the test may be called significant. We used the 'Benjamini and Hochberg' method of 'p.adjust' function in R to convert P values into Q values.

Download Results

This is an experimental feature. The full results of the analysis summarized in this report can be downloaded from the TCGA Data Coordination Center.

References
[1] Bland and Altman, Statistics notes: The logrank test, BMJ 328(7447):1073 (2004)
[2] Lehmann and Romano, Testing Statistical Hypotheses (3E ed.), New York: Springer. ISBN 0387988645 (2005)
[3] Fisher, R.A., On the interpretation of chi-square from contingency tables, and the calculation of P, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society 85(1):87-94 (1922)
[4] Greenwood and Nikulin, A guide to chi-squared testing, Wiley, New York. ISBN 047155779X (1996)
[5] Benjamini and Hochberg, Controlling the false discovery rate: a practical and powerful approach to multiple testing, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B 59:289-300 (1995)