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Table 2 Tumor characteristics

From: Association of Elevated Protein Kinase CK2 Activity with Aggressive Behavior of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck

     

CK2 Activitya

No.

TNM

Differentiation

Nodesb

Outcome

Cytosol

Nucleus

1

T2N2

Poor

Pos.

DOD

9.1

19.8

2

T3N1

Mod.

Pos.

AFOD

4.6

16.9

3

T1N0

Poor

Neg.

AFOD

3.9

13.6

4

T3N0

Mod.

Neg.

AFOD

3.2

7.2

5

T4N2

Poor

Pos.

DOD

6.8

6.8

6

T3N2

Poor

Pos.

AFOD

7.3

53.4

7

T3N0

Mod.

Neg.

AFOD

5.0

18.0

8

T3N0

Mod.

Neg.

AFOD

2.1

9.2

9

T4N3

Mod.

Pos.

DOD

8.2

41.9

10

T2N0

Mod.

Neg.

AFOD

1.0

17.7

11

T1N3

Poor

Pos.

DOD

5.9

29.3

12

T3N0

Mod.

Neg.

AFOD

8.3

24.0

13

T3N0

Well

Neg.

AFOD

4.1

19.5

14

T4N2

Well

Pos.

DOD

1.4

5.7

15

T4N0

Mod.

Neg.

AFOD

3.6

8.9

16

T4N0

Mod.

Neg.

AFOD

5.2

37.0

17

T4N0

Poor

Pos.

DOD

15.4

36.7

18

T4N2

Mod.

Pos.

DOD

6.8

26.4

19

T2N1

Poor

Pos.

AFOD

4.6

20.0

20

T4N0

Mod.

Pos.

AFOD

4.6

31.6

Mean (SD)

    

5.9 (3.5)

20.3 (10.4)

  1. aCK2 activity presented as nanomoles 32P transferred per hour per milligram protein in cytosolic or nuclear samples assayed.
  2. bNodal status was determined by histopathological evaluation of the neck dissection specimens for each case.