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. 2013 Jan 21;15(1):R5. doi: 10.1186/bcr3376

Table 2.

Cyclin D1, CDK4 and p16 expression in breast cancer in relation to clinicopathological variables

Cyclin D1 - n (%) Cyclin D1 + n (%) P-value Cdk4 - n (%) Cdk4 + n (%) P-value P16 - n (%) p16 + n (%) P-value
Tumour
 T1 21 (52.5) 41 (73.2) 14 (56.0) 39 (65.0) 27 (64.3) 32 (62.7)
 T2 13 (32.5) 12 (21.4) 10 (40.0) 14 (23.4) 10 (23.8) 15 (29.4)
 T3 3 (7.5) 3 (5.4) 1 (4.0) 5 (8.3) 2 (4.8) 4 (7.8)
 T4 3 (7.5) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (3.3) 3 (7.1) 0 (0.0)
0.066 0.431 0.273
Nodus
 Negative 20 (51.3) 34 (61.8) 15 (65.2) 34 (56.7) 26 (61.9) 29 (59.2)
 Positive 19 (48.7) 21 (38.2) 8 (34.8) 26 (43.3) 16 (38.1) 20 (40.8)
0.309 0.478 0.791
Grade
 I 9 (22.5) 20 (35.7) 11 (44.0) 14 (23.3) 11 (26.2) 17 (33.3)
 II 10 (25.0) 23 (41.1) 6 (24.0) 22 (36.7) 14 (33.3) 16 (31.4)
 III 21 (52.5) 13 (23.2) 8 (32.0) 24 (40.0) 17 (42.5) 18(35.3)
0.013* 0.156 0.747
Estrogen receptor (ER)
 Negative 18 (45.0) 3 (5.4) 6 (24.0) 14 (23.3) 10 (23.8) 12 (23.5)
 Positive 22 (55.0) 53 (96.6) 19 (76.0) 46 (76.7) 32 (76.2) 39 (76,5)
0.000*** 0.947 0.975
Progesterone receptor (PR)
 Negative 18 (45.0) 13 (23.3) 8 (32.0) 22 (36.7) 15 (35.7) 18 (35.3)
 Positive 22 (55.00) 43 (76.8) 17 (68.0) 38 (63.3) 27 (64.3) 33 (64.7)
0.024* 0.682 0.966
HER2
 Negative 30 (75.0) 48 (85.7) 21 (84.0) 48 (80.0) 28 (66.7) 47 (92.2)
 Positive 10 (25.0) 8 (14.3) 4 (16.0) 12 (20.0) 14 (33.3) 4 (7.8)
0.185 0.769 0.002**
Ki67
 Negative 8 (20.0) 12 (21.4) 6 (24.0) 9 (15.0) 8 (19.0) 10 (19.6)
 + 10 (25.0) 24 (42.9) 11 (44.0) 21 (35.0) 15 (35.7) 18 (35.3)
 ++ 7 (17.5) 13 (23.2) 2 (8.0) 16 (26.7) 10 (23.8) 9 (17.6)
 +++ 15 (37.5) 7 (12.5) 6 (24.0) 14 (23.3) 9 (21.4) 14 (27.5)
0.031* 0.251 0.856

* P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001.