Table 2

Impact of immunohistochemical staining, IHC expressed (+ve) and those that did not express IHC markers (-ve), for Chromogranin A and neuron specific enolase on overall and cause specific survival


CgA+ve
CgA-ve
p-value
NSE +ve
NSE -ve
p value

Overall expression (n, %)
30, 36%
54, 64%
0.005
44,48%
40,52%
0.22

Overall survival (n, %)
5, 17%
45, 83%
0.001
24,55%
26,65%
0.32

Cancer specific survival (n, %)
4, 13%
41, 76%
0.004
21,48%
24,60%
0.30

Metastatic disease (n, %)
18, 60%
17, 32%
0.002
19,43%
16,40%
0.24

CgA: Chromogranin A

NSE: Neuron specific enolase

Ather et al. BMC Urology 2008 8:21   doi:10.1186/1471-2490-8-21