Brief Reports
Copyright ©2005 Baishideng Publishing Group Inc.
World J Gastroenterol. Jun 14, 2005; 11(22): 3468-3472
Published online Jun 14, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i22.3468
Table 1 Relationship between expression of α-catenin mRNA and histopathological features in gastric carcinoma.
Noα-catenin mRNA expression
P
+ (%)-or (%)
All case4915 (30.6)34 (69.4)
pT category
T1/T2177 (41.2)10 (58.8)1.36
T3/T4328 (25.0)24 (75.0)NS
pN category
N-negative2610 (38.5)16 (61.5)1.60
N-positive235 (21.7)18 (78.3)NS
Tumor grade
Differentiated2011 (55.0)9 (45.0)9.46
Undifferentiated294 (13.8)25 (86.2)<0.01