Table III.

Correlation between the expression of nuclear Aurora B and cytoplasmic Survivin and pathological factors.

	N+C+	N+C−	N−C+	N−C−	P-value
Number of cases	17	23	13	18
Pathological features
Gender
Male	8	11	5	8
Female	9	12	8	10
Histological differentiation
Well/moderate	12	20	12	17	n.s
Poor/mucinous	5	3	1	1
Lymph node metastasis
Negative	4	19	12	17	(N+C− vs. N+C−) (N+C− vs. N−C+) (N+C− vs. N−C−) (p<0.01)
Positive	13	4	2	1
Lymphatic invasion
Negative	0	2	1	1	n.s
Positive	17	21	12	17
Venous invasion
Negative	1	0	1	1	n.s
Positive	16	23	12	17

N+C+, positive nuclear Aurora B and positive cytoplasmic Survivin expression; N+C−, positive nuclear Aurora B and negative cytoplasmic Survivin expression; N−C+, negative nuclear Aurora B and positive cytoplasmic Survivin expression; N−C−, negative nuclear Aurora B and negative cytoplasmic Survivin expression; n.s., not significant.