Introduction/Objective. Urothelial carcinoma is the most commonly diagnosed
malignancy of urinary bladder in clinical and pathohistological practice
where various prognostic factors play significant role. One of the most
important pathohistological prognostic factors is the intensity of
immunohistochemical staining. Among various immunohistochemical markers that
have been proven to influence disease progression and patient?s survival,
role of Ki-67 and GATA3 in prediction of disease prognosis has not been
completely clarified yet. The aim of this study was to determine the
predictive value of GATA3 and Ki-67 mutual expression in urothelial
carcinoma. Methods. 80 patients were included in this study, where 4 groups
were formed based on the pathological stage of urothelial carcinoma. After
using preferred antibodies, their staining intensity was analyzed
semiquantitatively. Results. Results showed that there was statistically
important significance between type of urothelial carcinoma, pathological
stage and invasiveness and different grades of GATA3 expression, as well as
statistically important significance between type of urothelial carcinoma
and pathological stage and different grades of Ki-67 expression. The
regression model showed low value of GATA3 and Ki-67 mutual expression.
There was also a statistical significance considering pathological stage and
invasiveness of the tumor in survival analysis. Conclusion. Predictive
value of GATA3 and Ki-67 mutual expression resulted as low from this study,
but to our knowledge it was the first one to examine their predictive
capability on biopsy and transurethral resection specimens.