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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 21, 2009; 15(31): 3865-3873
Published online Aug 21, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.3865
Published online Aug 21, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.3865
Table 3 Correlation between MMP7 staining and clinicopathologic factors n (%)
| Case (n = 61) | MMP7 | P value | ||
| Positive (n = 42) | Negative (n = 19) | |||
| Age (yr) | ||||
| ≤ 65 | 25 (42) | 17 (68) | 8 (32) | |
| > 65 | 36 (58) | 25 (69) | 11 (31) | 0.66 |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 41 (67) | 30 (73) | 11 (27) | |
| Female | 20 (33) | 12 (60) | 8 (40) | 0.23 |
| Location | ||||
| Bile duct | 30 (49) | 24 (80) | 6 (20) | |
| Gall bladder | 18 (30) | 9 (50) | 9 (50) | |
| Ampulla of Vater | 13 (21) | 9 (69) | 4 (31) | 0.09 |
| Maximum diameter (mm) | ||||
| < 30 | 41 (67) | 29 (71) | 12 (29) | |
| ≥ 30 | 20 (33) | 13 (65) | 7 (35) | 0.43 |
| Histologic type | ||||
| Tub1 & pap | 35 (57) | 23 (66) | 12 (34) | |
| Others | 26 (43) | 19 (73) | 7 (27) | 0.37 |
| Depth | ||||
| Serosa negative | 37 (61) | 25 (68) | 12 (32) | |
| Serosa positive | 24 (39) | 17 (71) | 7 (29) | 0.58 |
| Lymph node metastasis | ||||
| Absent | 29 (48) | 21 (72) | 8 (28) | |
| Present | 27 (44) | 18 (67) | 9 (33) | 0.43 |
| Stage | ||||
| < IV | 43 (70) | 31 (72) | 12 (28) | |
| ≥ IV | 17 (28) | 10 (59) | 7 (41) | 0.24 |
- Citation: Oka T, Yamamoto H, Sasaki S, Ii M, Hizaki K, Taniguchi H, Adachi Y, Imai K, Shinomura Y. Overexpression of β3/γ2 chains of laminin-5 and MMP7 in biliary cancer. World J Gastroenterol 2009; 15(31): 3865-3873
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v15/i31/3865.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.15.3865