Table 2 Relationship between PSMC2 expression and tumor characteristics in patients with breast cancer.

All patients

175

83

92

Age (years)

0.072

 ≤60

108

56

52

 >60

59

22

37

Tumor size

0.020

 ≤3 cm

87

45

42

 >3 cm

59

19

40

Grade

0.006

 I

1

0

1

 II

81

45

36

 III

67

21

46

T Infiltrate

0.347

 T1

42

22

20

 T2

100

45

55

 T3

14

5

9

 T4

1

1

0

Lymphatic metastasis (N)

0.238

 N0

85

37

48

 N1

42

19

23

 N2

21

12

9

 N3

12

7

5

AJCC Stage

0.637

 1

30

15

15

 2

88

37

51

 3

39

21

18

Lymphoid positive number

0.475

 =0

78

32

46

 >0

66

31

35