Table 2. Paired correlations for cancer biomarker expression levels in primary cervical tumors and HPNs (Spearman test).

Expression correlations in tumors			Expression correlation in HPNs
Gene pairs	r	p	Gene pairs	r	p
MUC1 – HER3*	0.577	0.01	MUC1 – HER3*	0.679	0.003
HER1 – HER2*	0.752	<0.001	HER1 – HER2*	0.608	0.01
HER2 – HER3*	0.649	0.003	HER2 – HER3*	0.679	0.003
HER3 – uPA*	0.540	0.02	HER3 – uPA*	0.613	0.009
VEGF-C – MMP9*	0.525	0.02	VEGF-C – MMP9*	0.667	0.003
CK19 – HPV16-E6	0.498	0.03	CK19 – MUC1	0.828	0.001
HER1 – HER3	0.824	<0.001	CK19 – HER3	0.610	0.009
HER1 – uPA	0.473	0.04	HER1 – VEGF	0.586	0.013
MMP9 – uPA	0.639	0.003	HER2 – uPA	0.672	0.003
			uPA – VEGF-C	0.505	0.039

^*Shared correlations between primary cervical tumors and HPNs.