Down-regulated &gamma;-catenin expression is associated with tumor aggressiveness in esophageal cancer

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World J Gastroenterol. May 21, 2014; 20(19): 5839-5848
Published online May 21, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i19.5839

Table 2 Relationship between clinicopathological features and γ-catenin mRNA expression n (%)

Parameter	γ-catenin status		P value
Parameter	2^-ΔΔCT ≤ 0.5	2^-ΔΔCT > 0.5
Age (yr)
≤ 55	18 (36)	32 (64)	P value	0.216
> 55	11 (24)	34 (76)
Gender
Female	11 (46)	13 (54)	0.079
Male	18 (25)	53 (75)
Tumor size
≤ 3 cm	11 (37)	19 (63)	0.522
3-5 cm	12 (25)	36 (75)
> 5 cm	5 (31)	11 (69)
Differentiation grade
G1	5 (22)	18 (78)	0.017
G2	13 (24)	42 (76)
G3	8 (62)	5 (38)
Invasive depth
T1 + T2	8 (33)	16 (67)	0.734
T3 + T4	21 (30)	50 (70)
Regional lymph node metastasis
N0	16 (28)	41 (72)	0.528
N1	13 (34)	25 (66)
pTNM stage
IA +IB + IIA + IIB	16 (26)	45 (74)	0.640
IIIA + IIIB + IIIC + IV	9 (31)	20 (69)

Citation: Fang WK, Liao LD, Gu W, Chen B, Wu ZY, Wu JY, Shen J, Xu LY, Li EM. Down-regulated γ-catenin expression is associated with tumor aggressiveness in esophageal cancer. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(19): 5839-5848
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v20/i19/5839.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i19.5839

Fang WK, Liao LD, Gu W, Chen B, Wu ZY, Wu JY, Shen J, Xu LY, Li EM. Down-regulated γ-catenin expression is associated with tumor aggressiveness in esophageal cancer. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(19): 5839-5848 [PMID: 24914344 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i19.5839]

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