Promoter Methylation Status of Breast Cancer Susceptibility Gene 1 and 17 Beta Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1 Gene in Sporadic Breast Cancer Patients

Table 7

Relation between methylation status of 17βHSD-1 promoter in cancer tissue specimens and normal tissue specimens in 40 sporadic breast cancer patients.

		17βHSD-1 cancer tissues
		⁢⁢Methylated		⁢⁢Unmethylated		⁢⁢Total		value
		Freq.	(%)	Freq.	(%)	Freq.	%
17βHSD-1; normal tissues	Methylated	37	(97.4)	1	(2.6)	38	100.0	1.000
	Unmethylated	2	(100.0)	0	(0.0)	2	100.0
	Total	39	(97.5)	1	(2.5)	40	100.0

Chi-square test is statistically significant at 95% confidence level.