Abstract:To identify the role of cyclin B2 (CCNB2) in patients with NSCLC. Methods CCNB2 mRNA and protein expressions were detected in NSCLC and paracancerous tissues.Immunohistochemistry was used to detect the expression of CCNB2 protein in 186 NSCLC patients. The relationships between the expression of CCNB2 and clinicopathological features were analyzed. Results In this study, the expressions of CCNB2 mRNA and protein in the tumor tissues were higher than those in the nontumor tissues (p < 0.05). The expression levels of CCNB2 mRNA and protein were positively correlated with tumor differentiation grade, tumor diameter, lymph node metastasis, distant metastasis and clinical stage (p <0.05), while CCNB2 overexpression was a risk factor for low survival rate and poor prognosis of the patients.Conclusions The overexpression of CCNB2 in NSCLC is closely related to disease progression and poor prognosis, and CCNB2 could be severed as a marker of prognosis in patients with NSCLC.