Table 1 Association of RBM38 with PTEN and clinic pathological characteristics of breast cancer
Clinic pathological characteristics | RBM38 expression | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of cases | Low (%) | High (%) | P-value | |
Age | 0.206 | |||
  < 50 | 36 | 15(41.67) | 21(58.33) |  |
  ≥ 50 | 41 | 23(56.10) | 18(43.90) |  |
Tumor size | 0.935 | |||
  ≤ 2 cm | 26 | 13(50.00) | 13(50.00) |  |
  > 2 cm | 51 | 25(49.02) | 26(50.98) |  |
TNM stage | 0.055 | |||
 I – II | 72 | 38(52.78) | 34(47.22) |  |
 III | 5 | 0(0) | 5(100.00) |  |
PTEN | 0.014 | |||
 negative | 46 | 28(60.87) | 18(39.13) |  |
 positive | 31 | 10(32.26) | 21(67.74) |  |