Since LTβR and NF-κB appear simultaneously upregulated in BCa, and previous studies (9,14,17) have indicated that LTβR acts as an upstream activator of NF-κB in numerous carcinoma cells, we explored the correlation between the two proteins in BCa tissues, using Pearson and Spearman’s rank correlation tests. Here, NFKB1 is linked to carcinoma.