Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor C and chemokine receptor CCR7 in gastric carcinoma and their values in predicting lymph node metastasis

Table 2 Correlation between expression of VEGF-C and CCR7 and lymph node metastasis determined by MSCT and pathological examination

	No. of patients	Expression of VEGF-C		P value	Expression of CCR7		P value
		Positive	Negative		Positive	Negative
Lymph node metastasis1				NS3			<0.05
Positive	21	12	9		14	7
Negative	18	6	12		5	13
Lymph node metastasis2				<0.01			<0.01
Positive	19	13	6		14	5
Negative	20	5	15		5	15

¹Lymph node metastasis determined by MSCT;

²Lymph node metastasis determined by pathological examination;

³NS, not significant.