Table 2 Methylation positive rates of 6 tumor suppressor genes in primary cancer tissues and lymph nodes metastasis
From: Tumor suppressor genes are frequently methylated in lymph node metastases of breast cancers
Genes | Number of methylated cases (positive rate %) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Primary cancer | Lymph nodes metastasis | pvalue* | |
HIN-1 | 28 (73.7) | 26 (68.4) | 0.508 |
CDH13 | 32 (84.2) | 34 (89.5) | 0.688 |
RIL | 25 (65.8) | 25 (65.8) | 1.000 |
RASSF1A | 25 (65.8) | 24 (63.2) | 1.000 |
RARβ2 | 23 (60.5) | 21 (55.3) | 0.774 |
E-cadherin | 7 (18.4) | 9 (23.7) | 0.754 |