Table 2 Association of clinicopathological characteristics with p73α and TAp73 staining in cervical tumours.

From: TAp73 and ΔTAp73 isoforms show cell-type specific distributions and alterations in cancer

 

p73α

TAp73

Positive

Negative

p

Positive

Negative

p

Adenoca

5

9

0.003

1

12

0.462

SCC

49

13

 

10

48

 

Progression = yes

7

5

0.493

2

9

1

Progression = no

47

18

 

10

51

 

DoD = yes

6

3

1

1

8

1

DoD = no

49

20

 

11

53

 

pN positive

19

7

0.797

4

22

1

pN negative

36

16

 

8

39

 

aKi67 ≥ 90%

23

8

0.793

7

22

0.338

Ki67 < 90%

28

12

 

5

33

 
 

Basal

Diffuse

    

bgrade 1/2

15

12

0.009

   

Grade 3

4

18

    
  1. AdenoCa adenocarcinoma, SCC squamous cell carcinoma, DoD dead of disease, pN pathological regional lymph nodes.
  2. Significant values are in bold.
  3. aDifferent cut-offs for percentage of KI67+ tumour cells also showed no association with p73.
  4. bData are for squamous cell carcinomas only. Statistical evaluation was conducted using two-tailed Fisher exact probability tests.
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