Abstract:Objective To investigate the expressions of Snail and Bcl-2 in breast cancers and their correlations with clinicopathological features and prognosis. Methods The expressions of Snail and Bcl-2 proteins in 92 patients with breast cancers treated in our hospital from 2010 to 2015 were analyzed by immunohistochemical method. The correlation between Snail and Bcl-2 protein expressions was analyzed, and their relationships with clinicopathological features and prognosis were analyzed. Results The high expression rate of Snail was 62.5% and the low expression rate of Bcl-2 was 57.6% in the breast cancer tissues, which were significantly higher than those in the paracancerous tissues (P < 0.05). There was a negative correlation between Snail and Bcl-2 expressions in the breast cancer tissues (r = -0.519). In addition, the expression level of Snail was correlated with pathological stage, lymph node metastasis and the positive expressions of estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) (P < 0.05); the expression of Bcl-2 was correlated with histological grade, ER and PR (P < 0.05). In the breast cancer patients with low expression of Snail, the disease-free survival rate was 87.5%, 1 case died; while in the breast cancer patients with high expression of Snail, the disease-free survival rate was 78.3% , 5 cases died; the differences were significant (P < 0.05). The disease-free survival rate of the breast cancer patients with high expression of Bcl-2 was 87.2%, 1 case died; while the disease-free survival rate of the breast cancer patients with low expression of Bcl-2 was 77.4%, 5 cases died, there were statistically significant differences (P < 0.05). Conclusions Snail and breast cancer progression are positively correlated, Bcl-2 and breast cancer progression are negatively correlated. The patients with high expression of Snail and low expression of Bcl-2 have poor prognosis.