Abstract:Objective To investigate the protein expression of carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX) in breast carcinoma tissues and its relationship with the clinicopathological characteristics of the patients with breast cancer. Methods From June 2013 to January 2016, 120 breast cancer specimens and 80 specimens of benign breast tumor were collected from the Department of Pathology in our hospital. The expression of CAIX protein was detected by immunohistochemistry and the relationships between the expression of CAIX protein and clinicopathological features were also discussed. Results The positive expression rate of CAIX protein in the breast cancer tissues (61.67%) was significantly higher than that in the benign breast tumor (18.75%), the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). The positive expression of CAIX protein in the breast cancer tissues was correlated with TNM stage, differentiation degree and Ki-67 protein expression (P < 0.05), but not correlated to ER, PR, Cerb-2 protein expression, age, lymphatic metastasis or lesion diameter (P > 0.05). Conclusions CAIX protein is highly expressed in breast cancer tissues, and the expression is correlated with TNM stage, degree of differentiation and Ki-67 protein expression.