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. 2020 May 30;20(2):1033–1054. doi: 10.3892/ol.2020.11690

Table V.

Co-expression of survivin and PTEN in endometrial carcinomas according to stain intensity of immunopositive cells in relation to clinopathological parameters.

Characteristics Patients with survivin and PTEN weak positive expression, n (%) Patients with either survivin or PTEN moderate positive expression, n (%) Patients with survivin and PTEN strong positive expression, n (%) P-value
Age, years
  <60 1 (9.1) 15 (32.6) 1 (33.3) 0.145
  ≥60 10 (90.9) 31 (67.4) 2 (66.7)
Histological type
  Endometrioid 9 (81.8) 44 (95.7) 2 (66.7) 0.098
  Clear cell and papillary serous 2 (18.2) 2 (4.3) 1 (33.3)
Clinical stage
  I 8 (88.9) 34 (82.9) 3 (100.0) 0.366
  II 1 (11.1) 4 (9.8) 0 (0.0)
  III 0 (0.0) 3 (7.3) 0 (0.0)
Histological differentiation
  G1 6 (54.5) 11 (23.9) 0 (0.0) 0.023
  G2 3 (27.3) 24 (52.2) 2 (66.7)
  G3 2 (18.2) 11 (23.9) 1 (33.3)
Myometrial invasion
  <1/2 5 (45.5) 17 (37.0) 0 (0.0) 0.479
  ≥1/2 6 (54.5) 29 (63.0) 3 (100.0)
Lymph-vascular space invasion
  Yes 0 (0.0) 4 (14.3) 2 (100.0) 0.007
  No 9 (100.0) 24 (85.7) 0 (0.0)
Fallopian tube and/or ovarian invasion
  Yes 1 (16.7) 6 (28.6) 0 (0.0) 0.031
  No 5 (83.3) 15 (71.4) 0 (0.0)
Tumoral necrosis
  Yes 0 (0.0) 4 (15.4) 0 (0.0) 0.516
  No 9 (100.0) 22 (84.6) 0 (0.0)

P<0.05, statistically significant results; 0.05<P<0.10, suggestive results. PTEN, phosphatase and tensin homolog.