Table 4.
Correlation between Caspase-3 expression and various clinicopathological features of patients with cervical cancer
| Caspase-3 expression | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Low | High | ||
| n | 93 | 11 | |
| Age | |||
| < 55 | 78 | 10 | |
| ≥ 55 | 15 | 1 | 0.865 |
| Therapy | |||
| Operation | 17 | 2 | |
| Operation+others | 76 | 9 | 1.000 |
| Stromal invasion | |||
| Negative | 41 | 3 | |
| Positive | 52 | 8 | 0.456 |
| Vaginal wall extension | |||
| Negative | 76 | 8 | |
| Positive | 17 | 3 | 1.000 |
| Parametrial extension | |||
| Negative | 52 | 6 | |
| Positive | 41 | 5 | 1.000 |
| Intravascular space involvement | |||
| Absent | 46 | 12 | |
| Present | 32 | 14 | 0.254 |
| Lymph node metastasis | |||
| Negative | 79 | 8 | |
| Positive | 14 | 3 | 0.545 |
| Stage | |||
| Early (in situ, I) | 73 | 7 | |
| Advanced (II, III, IV) | 20 | 4 | 0.467 |
| Differentiation | |||
| Poorly | 66 | 9 | |
| Moderately | 23 | 1 | |
| Well | 4 | 1 | 0.320 |
| Tumor size | |||
| < 4cm | 34 | 3 | |
| ≥ 4cm | 19 | 3 | |
| Unknown | 40 | 5 | 0.790 |
| Histology type | |||
| SCC | 82 | 11 | |
| ADC | 6 | 0 | |
| ASC | 5 | 0 | 1.000 |
Abbreviations: SCC: squamous cell carcinoma; ADC: adenocarcinoma; ASC: adenosquamous carcinoma.