Table II.

Summary of patient data and expression of caspases in normal and tumour tissue.

Specimen	A	Gl	G	pT	M	Caspase-3				Caspase-6				Caspase-1		Caspase-9		Bcl-2
						Uncleaved		Cleaved		Uncleaved		Cleaved
						BPE	PCa	BPE	PCa	BPE	PCa	BPE	PCa	BPE PCa BPE			PCa	BPE	PCa
1	62	3+4=7	3a	2b	0	3	3	3	1	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1
2	52	3+3=6	2a	2b	0	2	2	3	1	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	1
3	63	2+3=5	1b	2b	0	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	1
4	62	2+3=5	2a	3a	0	2	1	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1
5	70	3+4=7	3a	2c	1	3	1	3	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	2	1	3	1
6	62	3+4=7	3a	2c	0	1	2	3	1	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	3	1
7	71	3+4=7	3a	3c	0	2	3	3	2	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	2
8	68	2+2=4	1b	2c	0	2	1	3	1	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1
9	67	2+2=4	1b	2a	0	2	2	3	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	1
10	68	2+3=5	3a	2c	0	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	2
11	59	1+2=3	1b	2b	0	2	2	3	1	3	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	3	2
12	60	2+3=5	1b	2b	0	3	2	3	2	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	1
13	68	3+4=7	3a	2c	0	2	3	2	1	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	1
14	66	2+3=5	2b	2a	0	2	3	2	1	3	2	3	1	1	2	1	1	3	1
15	70	2+3=5	2b	2b	0	3	2	3	1	2	3	1	1	2	2	1	1	3	1
16	65	2+3=5	2b	2a	0	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	1	1	3	2
17	66	3+4=7	3a	3a	0	3	2	3	1	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
18	65	3+5=8	3a	2b	0	3	3	3	1	2	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	3	2
19	64	1+2=3	1b	2a	0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	1	1	2	1	2	1
20	65	2+3=5	2a	2b	0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	1	1	1	1	3	1

A, age at diagnosis (years); Gl, Gleason score; G, grading; pT, tumour stage; M, metastasis; BPE, benign prostate epithelium, PCa, prostate cancer. Immunohistochemical score: +, 1; ++, 2; +++, 3.

^*Not investigated due to limited material.