Ets1 as a marker of malignant potential in gastric carcinoma

Table 2 Intensity of Ets1 staining in tumor cell and distribu-tion of patients

Compartment	No.	Weak (+)	Moderate (++)	Intense (≥ +++)	P value
Tumor cells	40	6 (15%)	24 (60%)	10 (25%)
T classification
T1, 2	15	2 (13.3%)	12 (80%)	1 (6.7%)	0.087
T3, 4	25	4 (16%)	12 (48%)	9 (36%)
LN metastasis
Negative	14	3 (21.4%)	9 (64.3%)	2 (14.3%)	0.438
Positive	26	3 (11.5%)	15 (57.7%)	8 (30.8%)
Distant metastasis
Negative	39	6 (15.4%)	24 (61.5%)	9 (23.1%)	0.214
Positive	1	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	1 (100%)
Clinical stage
Stage I, II	18	3 (16.7%)	13 (72.2%)	2 (11.1%)	0.183
Stage III, IV	22	3 (13.6%)	11 (50%)	8 (36.4%)