Table 1.

Clinical characteristics and outcome of 94 patients with renal clear cell cancer according to PTENP1 and PTEN gene expression

		PTEN				PTENP1
Biologic characteristics	n	Positive	Rate	x2	P	Positive	Rate	x2	P
Fuhrman nuclear grading
I	28	20	71.43%	17.26	<0.01	18	64.29%	11.51	<0.01
II	42	14	33.33%			15	35.71 %
III-IV	24	4	16.67%			6	25%
Clinical stage
I	32	22	68.75%	10.16	<0.01	21	65.63%	12.27	<0.01
II	38	13	34.21%			13	34.21 %
III-IV	24	3	12.5%			5	20.83%
Lymphatic metastasis
Yes	46	13	28.26%	5.62	<0.05	12	26.09%	9.12	<0.01
No	48	25	52.08%			27	56.25%