Table 5

Fisher's exact test between RXRs nuclear expression and different clinicopathological data of the patients presenting infiltrative carcinomas.


RXR-α N
 RXR-β N
 RXR-γ N




Negative
 Positive
 p-value
 Negative
 Positive
 p-value
 Negative
 Positive
 p-value
Tumor Type
 Ductal
 31
 23
 0.819
 46
 8
 0.503
 46
 8
 0.406

Lobular
 12
 10
20
 2
17
 5











Age
 <50
 9
 10
 0.391
 17
 2
 0.713
 17
 2
 0.394

>50
 34
 24
50
 8
47
 11











Tumor size
 1
 21
 10
 0.304
 27
 4
 0.829
 26
 5
 0.123

2
 17
 16
28
 5
30
 3

3
 2
 3
5
 0
3
 2

4
 3
 5
7
 1
5
 3











Nodal status
 -
 19
 16
 0.802
 28
 7
 0.095
 28
 7
 0.505

+
 24
 18
39
 3
36
 6











ER
 0
 8
 9
 0.093
 15
 2
 0.254
 16
 1
 0.116

1
 1
 5
6
 0
6
 0

2
 6
 6
12
 0
11
 1

3
 28
 14
34
 8
31
 11











PR
 0
 13
 8
 0.010
 18
 3
 0.608
 17
 4
 0.641

1
 0
 7
7
 0
7
 0

2
 6
 7
12
 1
11
 2

3
 24
 12
30
 6
29
 7

Tumor size (TNM): T = 1, 2, 3, 4. ER and PR: 0 = Negative, 1 = Weak immunoreaction, 2/3 = High immunoreaction. N: nuclear immunoreaction.

Conde et al. BMC Cancer 2008 8:174   doi:10.1186/1471-2407-8-174