High expression of ezrin predicts poor prognosis in uterine cervical cancer

BMC Cancer

Table 1 Ezrin protein expression in cervical lesions

Diagnosis	Cases (n)	Ezrin				Positive rate (%)	Strongly positive rate (%)
		-	+	++	+++
Normal cervix	52	46	6	0	0	11.5%	0
CIN-1	65	12	44	9	0	81.5%**	13.8%
CIN-2	102	16	73	13	0	84.3%**	12.7%
CIN-3	72	7	49	16	0	90.3%**	22.2%
CGIN	17	0	11	6	0	100%**	35.3%
SCC	226	25	34	96	71	88.9%**	73.9%**
AC	9	0	1	4	4	100%**	88.9%**

**P<0.01 Compared with the normal cervix.
CIN: Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia; CGIN: Cervical Glandular Intraepithelial Neoplasia.
SCC: Squamous cell carcinoma; AC: Adenocarcinoma.

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