Objective To investigate the expression and clinical significance of Numb and P53 proteins in epithelial ovarian carcinoma. Methods We co-tested the expressions of Numb and P53 proteins in epithelial ovarian tissues by immunohistochemistry, including 20 cases of normal tissues, 29 cases of benign tumors, 35 cases of borderline ovarian tumors and 87 cases of epithelial ovarian carcinoma. Their clinical significance was analyzed. Results The positive expression rates of Numb protein in normal ovarian tissues, benign ovarian tumors, borderline ovarian tumors and epithelial ovarian carcinoma were 5%, 13.8%, 51.4% and 70.1%, respectively, and with the rising trend and significantly difference among four groups ( P P P>0.05). The positive expression rates of P53 protein in normal ovarian tissues, benign ovarian tumors, borderline ovarian tumors and epithelial ovarian carcinoma were 0%, 3.4%, 28.6% and 63.2%, respectively, which had a gradually rising trend with significantly difference among four groups ( P P P P P>0.05). The expression of Numb protein was positive correlated with the expression of P53 protein in borderline ovarian tumors and epithelial ovarian carcinoma ( r=0.488, P r=0.231, P
