Table 1.

Associations between cytoplasmic TLR9 expression and tumour pT-class, stage, grade and histological subtype

	Cytoplasmic TLR9 expression
	negative	positive	p-value
pT class
pT1	12 (18%)	56 (82%)	0.31
pT2	4 (36%)	7 (64%)
pT3	8 (15%)	45 (85%)
pT4	2 (33%)	4 (67%)
Stage
I	11 (17%)	52 (83%)	0.27
II	4 (36%)	7 (64%)
III	6 (13%)	39 (87%)
IV	5 (26%)	14 (74%)
Nuclear Grade
I	0 (0%)	5 (100%)	0.69
II	13 (18%)	60 (82%)
III	9 (25%)	27 (75%)
IV	4 (18%)	18 (82%)
Histology
clear cell	22 (18%)	100 (82%)	0.69
papillary	3 (33%)	6 (67%)
chromophobic	1 (20%)	4 (80%)
undifferentiated	0 (0%)	2 (100%)