Original Article
Copyright ©2011 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Jan 7, 2011; 17(1): 79-88
Published online Jan 7, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i1.79
Table 1 Clinical characteristics of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma used for quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis
Clinical parametern
Gender
Male62
Female24
Age (yr)
< 5535
≥ 5551
Diameter
< 5 cm57
≥ 5 cm29
LNM
N053
N133
Invasion
T14
T218
T364
Histological type
Ulcerative49
Medullary24
Fungating10
Others3
Differentiation
I23
II51
III12
TNM stage
I3
IIa49
IIb4
III30