Table 4.

Immunohistochemical staining scores of serous and mucinous ovarian tumors as benign, borderline, and malignant

	Serous			Mucinous
	Benign	Borderline	Malignant	Benign	Borderline	Malignant
	(n = 13)	(n = 9)	(n = 24)	(n = 12)	(n = 7)	(n = 3)
p53*	0a	0 (0–1)b	4 (0–4)b	0	0	1 (0–4)c
p21*	3 (0–4)d,e	4 (1–4)f	4 (1–4)f	0.5 (0–4)	2 (1–4)	2 (2–4)
bax**	0 (0–2)	1 (0–4)	1 (0–6)	0 (0–1)g	0 (0–4)	1 (0–3)
bcl-2**	0 (0–2)	0 (0–4)	0 (0–4)	0	0	0
c-kit**	1 (0–6)	0 (0–4)	0.5 (0–12)	0 (0–4)	0 (0–1)	0
Telomerase*	0 (0–3)	0 (0–2)	0 (0–2)	0	0 (0–3)	1 (0–3)
Metallothionein**	2 (0–6)	4 (1–6)i	6 (0–12)i	0 (0–9)	2 (0–12)j	2 (1–6)

Data were presented as median (min-max). * Nuclear staining score. ** Quick score.

^a,e,gP < 0.05 vs. borderline and malignant serous.

^b,fP < 0.05 vs. benign and borderline mucinous.

^c,iP < 0.05 vs. benign serous and benign mucinous.

^d,jP < 0.05 vs. benign mucinous.