Gastric Cancer
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2004.
World J Gastroenterol. Feb 1, 2004; 10(3): 352-355
Published online Feb 1, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i3.352
Table 3 Correlation between pathological factors and VEGF-C expression in 80 primary gastric cancers
Pathological factorsNo. of casesVEGF-C mRNAP
(mean ± SD)
Histological type
Moderately-Poorly510.485 ± 0.345P = 0.032
differential
Highly differential290.200 ± 0.290
Lymph node metastasis
Positive540.579 ± 0.290P = 0.024
Negative260.282 ± 0.314
Serosal invasion
Positive590.567 ± 0.268P = 0.219
Negative210.390 ± 0.330