Expression of Ribonucleotide Reductase Subunit-2 and Thymidylate Synthase Correlates with Poor Prognosis in Patients with Resected Stages I–III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Table 4

Correlation between protein and mRNA expression levels.

Gene	Correlation	BRCA1	ERCC1	TS	RRM1	RRM2	TUBB3
BRCA1		−0.040	0.188	−0.060	−0.009	−0.083	−0.032
	Number	80	80	79	79	80	80
ERCC1			0.152	−0.040	0.078	0.092	−0.080
	Number		82	81	81	82	82
TS				0.467	0.137	0.046	−0.270
	Number			77	77	78	78
RRM1					0.286	0.094	−0.034
	Number				71	71	71
RRM2						0.063	−0.111
	Number					75	75
TUBB3							−0.114
	Number						80

Pearson’s correlation coefficient, value < 0.01, and value < 0.05. Analysis was performed on subjects with complete data (range between 71 and 82).