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Table 3 Correlation between lymph node metastasis and expression of CTSB and cav-1 in IBC versus non-IBC patients.

From: Cathepsin B: a potential prognostic marker for inflammatory breast cancer

Variable

CTSB Expression

Cav-1 Expression

 

IBC (%)

Non-IBC (%)

IBC (%)

Non-IBC (%)

Lymph node metastasis

    

Negative

0 (0%)

5 (23.8%)

0 (0%)

3 (27.2%)

Positive

20 (100%)

16 (76.25)

14 (100%)

8 (72.7%)

Fisher's exact test

P = 0.0478*

P = 0.0717

  1. *Significant p value calculated by Fisher's exact test