| No. of patients | Bcl-2 protein expression (%) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
 |  | normal | decreased | p value |
Tumor size (cm) | Â | Â | Â | 0.0770 |
   - 2.0 | 57 | 37 (65) | 20 (35) |  |
   2.1 – 5.0 | 162 | 95 (59) | 67 (41) |  |
   5.1 - | 30 | 12 (40) | 18 (60) |  |
Lymph node metastasis* | Â | Â | Â | 0.9507 |
   absent | 137 | 79 (58) | 58 (42) |  |
   present | 110 | 63 (57) | 47 (43) |  |
Nuclear grade | Â | Â | Â | < 0.0001 |
   I or II | 168 | 122 (73) | 46 (27) |  |
   III | 81 | 22 (27) | 59 (73) |  |
Estrogen receptor (ER) | Â | Â | Â | < 0.0001 |
   positive | 109 | 90 (83) | 19 (17) |  |
   negative | 140 | 54 (39) | 86 (61) |  |
p27 protein expression | Â | Â | Â | < 0.0001 |
   normal | 140 | 111 (79) | 29 (21) |  |
   decreased | 109 | 33 (30) | 76 (70) |  |
p53 protein expression | Â | Â | Â | < 0.0001 |
   negative | 183 | 123 (67) | 60 (33) |  |
   positive | 66 | 21 (32) | 45 (68) |  |
MIB-1 counts | Â | Â | Â | < 0.0001 |
   negative (< 10%) | 147 | 101 (69) | 46 (31) |  |
   positive (≥ 10%) | 102 | 43 (42) | 59 (58) |  |