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Table 1 Evaluation of histopathological characteristics, clinical data and HPV infection of the patients in relation to c-KIT immunostaining

From: Prognostic significance of c-KIT in vulvar cancer: bringing this molecular marker from bench to bedside

c-KIT immunostaining

Variables

Category

Staining

Total

P value

  

Negativea

Positiveb

  
  

n (%)

n (%)

  

HPV

Negative

17 (30)

6 (15)

24

0.034

 

Positive

40 (70)

34 (85)

75

 

Nodal metastasis

No

9 (47)

35 (69)

44

0.0053

 

Yes

10 (53)

16 (31)

26

 

Associated lesions

No

26 (84)

62 (68)

88

0.0001

 

Yes

5 (16)

29 (32)

34

 
  1. a. Negative: no immunostaining.
  2. b. Positive: membrane and/or cytoplasm staining.