Table 2 Number of patients expressing E-Cadherin and β-Catenin among the various histologic subtypes
Histologic subtype of cervical carcinoma | Preserved¶ | Impaired | U | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reduced Staining ▼ | Exclu-Sively Cyto-Plasmic Stain Ing | Negative Staining | Nuclear Staining | |||
β-catenin expression | ||||||
Squamous cell Carcinoma (n = 96) | 29 | 10 | 2 | 52 | 0 | 3 |
Adenocarcinoma (n = 35) | 5 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
Adenosquamous (n = 12) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Others (n = 4) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Total (n = 147) | 40 | 19 | 5 | 79 | 0 | 4 |
E-cadherin expression | ||||||
Squamous cell Carcinoma (n = 96) | 11 | 16 | 2 | 65 | 0 | 2 |
Adenocarcinoma (n = 35) | 1 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 1 |
Adenosquamous (n = 12) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Others (n = 4) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Total (n = 147) | 13 | 24 | 8 | 98 | 0 | 4 |