Clinical significance of telomerase activity in peritoneal lavage fluid from patients with gastric cancer and its relationship with cellular proliferation

Table 1 Comparison of telomerase activity and cytological test in peritoneal lavage fluid from patients with gastric cancer

Clinicopathological		Telomerase activity		PLC
features	n	Positive cases n (%)	P	Positive cases n (%)	P
Lauren’s classification			0.01		0.104
Intestinal	18	3 (16.7)		2 (11.1)
Diffuse	42	22 (52.4)e		13 (31.0)
Invasion depth			0		0.001
PT1-2	20	0 (0)		0 (0)
PT3	24	10 (41.7)		6 (25.0)
PT4	16	15 (93.8)ae		9 (56.3)a
Peritoneal metastasis			0.035		0
P0	47	12 (25.5)		6 (12.8)
P1-3	13	13 (100.0)e		9 (69.2)
Serosal invasion			0.014		0.092
Absent	23	5 (21.7)		3 (13.0)
Present	37	20 (54.1)		12 (32.4)
Serosa-involved			0		0
areas (cm2)
0	23	1 (4.3)		0 (0)
< 10	7	1 (14.3)		0 (0)
10-20	17	12 (70.6)		7 (41.2)
> 20	13	11 (84.6)c		8 (61.5)c

^aP < 0.05 vs pT_1-2 and pT₃;

^cP < 0.05 vs 0, < 10 and 10-20;

^eP < 0.05 vs PLC.