TSPAN1 protein expression: A significant prognostic indicator for patients with colorectal adenocarcinoma

Table 1 Correlation of clinicopathological parameters with TSPAN1 expression

Parameters	Cases	TSPAN1 expression intensity				P
		-	+	++	+++
Gender
Male	50	9	14	21	6	0.472
Female	38	10	12	10	6
Tumor size (cm)
< 4.0	35	10	10	10	5	0.469
> 4.0	53	9	16	21	7
Type
Cauliflower/polyp	48	9	14	16	9	0.595
Ulcer/infiltration	40	10	12	15	3
Location
Rectum	41	9	11	17	4	0.595
Colon	47	10	15	14	8
Grade
Well	14	6	6	2	0	0.001
Moderate	39	9	14	14	2
Poor	35	4	6	15	10
PCNA
+	43	14	14	13	2	0.015
++/+++	45	5	12	18	10
Lymph node metastasis
No	55	16	20	14	5	0.008
Yes	33	3	6	17	7
TNM stage
I	29	11	9	7	2	0.002
II	26	5	11	7	3
III-IV	33	3	6	17	7
Vascular invasion
No	62	14	21	20	7	0.424
Yes	26	5	5	11	5
Perineural invasion
No	67	16	22	22	7	0.235
Yes	21	3	4	9	5
Desmoplasia
No	55	10	16	20	9	0.647
Yes	33	9	10	11	3