Research Article

Ki-67 Expression by Immunohistochemistry and Quantitative Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction as Predictor of Clinical Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Locally Advanced Breast Cancer

Table 4

Relationship between Ki-67 expression by immunohistochemistry and Ki-67 mRNA expression detected by qRT-PCR.

Ki-67 expressionKi-67 mRNA expressionTotal
HighLow

Positive15 (88.2%)2 (11.8%)17 (100%)
Negative6 (46.2%)7 (53.8%)13 (100%)

Total21 (70%)9 (30%)48 (100%)

Spearman’s ().