Genomic amplification patterns of human telomerase RNA gene and C-MYC in liquid-based cytological specimens used for the detection of high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia

Table 1 TERC and C-MYC positivity rates for various cytological diagnoses

Cytological diagnosis	Case no.	TERC positive			C-MYC positive
		Case no.	%	P	Case no.	%	P
NILM	132	11	8.3		29	22.0
ASC-US	50	10	20.0		13	26.0
LSIL	21	11	52.4		12	57.1
ASC-H	14	9	64.3		6	42.9
HSIL	23	21	91.3		20	87.0
SCC	3	3	100.0		3	100.0
NILM vs. ASC/LSIL				< 0.01*			< 0.01*
ASC/LSIL vs. HSIL/SCC				< 0.01*			< 0.01*
LSIL/lower vs. HSIL/higher				< 0.01*			< 0.01*

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