Gastric Cancer
Copyright ©2005 Baishideng Publishing Group Inc.
World J Gastroenterol. Jun 7, 2005; 11(21): 3222-3226
Published online Jun 7, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i21.3222
Table 1 Relationship between MMP-2 mRNA expression and clinicopathologic and uPA system parameters.
VariableCase numberExpression of MMP-2 mRNA, n (%)χ2P
Depth of invasion
Early cancer113 (27.3)1.91>0.05
Advanced cancer5628 (50.0)
Differentiation
Well-moderate166 (43.8)0.65>0.05
Poor5125 (47.1)
Lymph node metastasis
Positive2113 (61.9)7.61<0.01
Negative4618 (39.1)
Liver metastasis
Positive86 (75.0)3.01>0.05
Negative5925 (42.4)
TNM stage
I+II133 (23.1)3.49>0.05
III+IV5428 (51.9)
Lauren's classification
Diffuse/mixed types4826 (54.2)4.25<0.05
Intestinal type195 (26.3)
uPA mRNA
Positive4927 (55.1)5.72<0.05
Negative184 (22.2)
uPA-R mRNA
Positive5128 (54.9)6.40<0.05
Negative163 (18.8)