INTRODUCTION rnGenesis and advance of tumor includes excessive multiplication and less apoptosis.Research on apoptosis contributes to revealing biological characteristics of tumor and proving data for exploring of genesis mechanism,diagnosis and treatment.Bcl- 2 family is a commonly studied apoptosis- related gene family.Bax is the main gene promoting apoptosis in bcl- 2 family and its expression level is low in most tumor.But some scholars considered that expression level of bax protein is higher in some kinds of tumor.Bcl- w has been considered to have antiapoptosis function,but corresponding reports are very few.In this research,expression levels of bax and bcl- 2 were determined by imumohistochemistry to find its correlation with clinical pathological characteristics. rn