Colorectal Cancer
Copyright ©2005 Baishideng Publishing Group Inc.
World J Gastroenterol. May 28, 2005; 11(20): 3046-3050
Published online May 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i20.3046
Table 1 MMP-2/TIMP-2 ratio of normal and colorectal carcinoma tissues (mean±SD).
VariableMMP-2/TIMP-2P
TissuesP<0.05
Normal0.5807±0.2061
Carcinoma2.4179±0.6534
Invasion depth
Muscular layer invasion2.5781±0.4336
Serous membrane layer or
surrounding soft tissue invasion2.1308±0.7311
Lymph node metastasis
Negative2.2907±0.5102
Positive1.7643±0.2597
Duke’s stage
A2.6419±0.5429
B1.7081±0.3631
C1.9880±0.1551
D1.5407±0.1794