Gastric Cancer
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World J Gastroenterol. May 14, 2007; 13(18): 2568-2574
Published online May 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i18.2568
Table 4 Number of hypermethylated genes in gastric tissue samples
Samples (n)Number of hypermethylated genes
P value
1 or 23 or 4
Nonneplastic gastric tissue (13)12 (92.31%)1 (7.69%)
Gastric cancer (65)44 (67.69%)21 (32.31%)0.0396b
Diffuse-type GC (35)21 (60%)14 (40%)
Intestinal-type GC (30)23 (76.67%)7 (23.33%)