Research Article

The Analysis of bcl-2 in Association with p53 and Ki-67 in Triple Negative Breast Cancer and Other Molecular Subtypes in Ghana

Table 6

Association of p53 and Ki-67 with molecular subtypes and clinicopathologic characteristics.

p53
% PositiveCramer’s VPearson’s Chi2Sig. ()

Molecular subtypes
 Luminal A41.40.0210.0700.791
 Luminal B86.70.32015.709<0.001
 HER2 positive36.00.0290.1300.719
 TNBC31.00.1734.6510.033

Clinicopathological characteristics
Histol. grade
I
II
III
16.7
26.1
45.7
0.2306.7810.034
 Lymphovascular invasion42.90.1992.0940.148

Ki-67

Molecular subtypes
 Luminal AM 24.5
L 28.6
0.26511.322<0.01
 Luminal BH 3.1
M 3.6
L 34.3
0.42929.628<0.001
 HER2 positiveH 13.3
M 32.1
L 11.4
0.2006.467<0.05
 TNBC66.70.1684.5950.101

Clinicopathological characteristics
 Histol. grade
  IL 76.9
M 15.4
H 7.7
0.1113.2740.51
  IIL 66.7
M 14.6
H 18.8
  IIIL 56.3
M 16.9
H 26.8
 Lymphovascular invasionL 59.3
M 22.2
H 18.5
0.1290.9120.634
Association between p53 and Ki-67

p53
 Ki-67 low (mild)59.50.26811.957<0.01
 Moderate41.4
 High (severe)27.7