Abstract:Objective To study the expression of Disabled-1 (Dab1) protein in breast cancer and the potential correlation with clinical prognosis. Methods Totally 50 cases of patients with breast cancer were involved in this study. Expression of Dab1 in cancer tissue and nearby normal tissues was detected with immunohistochemistry. The relationship between expression of Dab1 and clinical characteristics was analyzed. mRNA levels of Dab1 was analyzed by tumor microarray database (Oncomine). Correlation between expression of Dab1 and prognosis of breast cancer was identified by Kaplan Meier curve. Results The positive rate of Dab1 in breast cancer in cancer group was significantly higher compared with normal group (48.00% vs 82.00%, χ2 = 100.00, P = 0.000). Expression of Dab1 in breast cancer tissue was positively correlated with tumor differentiation degree, TNM staging and lymph node metastasis (P < 0.05). No obvious correlation was founded between Dab1 and age, menstruation, tumor size or pathological type of tumor. Conclusion Down-regulated of Dab1 breast cancer tissueis correlated with tumor differentiation degree, TNM staging and lymph node metastasis.