BAD-mediated apoptotic pathway expression was higher in the normal endometrial samples (mean expression score, 6.745, n=9) than in the hyperplastic tissue samples (mean expression score, 4.161, n=4) and higher in the hyperplastic tissue samples than in the carcinoma samples (mean expression score, −3.867, n=20, Spearman correlation estimate, −0.795, P<0.001) (Fig. 1E). This evidence concerns the gene BAD and carcinoma.