Prognostic role of sensitive-to-apoptosis gene expression in rectal cancer

Figure 2 Kaplan-Meier survival curves with univariate log-rank comparisons at the end of 3 years for the three genes of interest. A: Sensitive-to-apoptosis; B: B-cell lymphoma-extra large; C: Bcl-2 homologous antagonist/killer. Metastasis was the major cause of death (seven cases). Information was not available for four of the patients. Other reasons of death were variable, but included advanced age, Alzheimer’s disease and stroke. The median values for high- and low-level SAG expression in the study population were 24.5 and 30.4 mo, respectively. SAG: Sensitive-to-apoptosis gene, Bcl-X_L: B-cell lymphoma-extra large, Bak: Bcl-2 homologous antagonist/killer.