Table 5. Investigation of the correlation between the EBV infection status and Notch1 expression rate in the nucleus of tumor cells in each group.
| MTX-LPD DLBCL type† | MTX-LPD CHL type‡ | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EBV infection (+) (n = 15) | EBV infection (-) (n = 8) | P | EBV infection (+) (n = 22) | EBV infection (-) (n = 1) | P | |||
| Notch1 (+) | 15 | 6 | 0.11 | Notch1 (+) | 11 | 0 | 1 | |
| Notch1 (-) | 0 | 2 | Notch1 (-) | 11 | 1 | |||
| de novo DLBCL | de novo CHL | |||||||
| EBV infection (+) (n = 1) | EBV infection (-) (n = 18) | P | EBV infection (+) (n = 5) | EBV infection (-) (n = 10) | P | |||
| Notch1 (+) | 0 | 13 | 0.32 | Notch1 (+) | 4 | 3 | 0.12 | |
| Notch1 (-) | 1 | 5 | Notch1 (-) | 1 | 7 | |||
† EBER-ISH was not performed in one case. ‡ EBER-ISH was not performed in one case.
Fisher’s exact analysis was used for statistical analyses.