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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 10.
Published in final edited form as: Anticancer Res. 2012 Nov;32(11):4963–4969.

Table III.

Loss of MMR Protein Expression (LoE) in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Cases with TMA Slides

Row
Total, n
LoE No LoE P-value
Proportions in TMA slides - n (%) 340 61/340 (17.9) 279/340 (82.1) <0.001
Age - Mean (SD) 340 56.4 (13.1) 56.5 (11.8) 0.927
Histology
Borderline, n (%) 39 6 (1.8) 33 (9.7) 0.821
Invasive, n (%) 301 55 (16.2) 246 (72.4)
  Serous, n (%) 178 24 (9.1) 154 (58.1) 0.003**
  Non-Serous, n (%) 87 25 (9.4) 62 (23.4)
Clear cell 17 6 (6.9) 11 (12.6) 0.364
Endometriod 52 12 (13.8) 40 (46.0)
Mucinous 18 7 (8.0) 11 (12.6)
  Other 36 6 (16.7) 30 (83.3) -
Family History
Relatives with Colorectal Cancer (CRC)
# (%) of subjects with relatives with CRC 64 14 (4.1) 50 (14.7) 0.466
# (%) of subjects with no relatives with CRC 276 47 (13.8) 229 (67.4)
Relatives with Endometrial Cancer (EC)
# (%) of subjects with relatives with EC 19 3 (0.9) 16 (4.7) 0.955*
# (%) of subjects with no relatives with EC 321 58 (17.1) 263 (77.4)
Relatives with any HNPCC cancers
# (%) of subjects with relatives with any HNPCC cancers 116 23 (6.8) 93 (27.4) 0.544
# (%) of subjects with no relatives with any HNPCC cancers 224 38 (11.2) 186 (54.7)
**

Test between Serous and Non Serous, excluding other.