Table 1 Studies with regard to Bcl-2 expression in RCC

From: Impact of frequent Bcl-2 expression on better prognosis in renal cell carcinoma patients

Author (year)

Number of patients

Bcl-2 positive

Bcl-2 positive in clear cell cases

Others

Lipponen et al (1995)

104

21/104 (20.2%)

NAa

Bcl-2 expression was related to low T category

Tomita et al (1996)

25

17/25 (68.0%)

NA

 

Vasavada et al (1998)

35

33/35 (94.2%)

26/28 (92.9%)

Bcl-2 expression was related to high tumour grade

Huang et al (1999)

33

23/33 (69.7%)

NA

 

Sejima (1999)

53

34/53 (64.2%)

NA

 

Zhang (2000)

70

24/70 (34.3%)

19/56 (33.9%)

 

Uchida et al (2002)

112

52/112 (42.0%)

NA

 
  1. aNot assessed.