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Copyright ©2013 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Oct 21, 2013; 19(39): 6630-6636
Published online Oct 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i39.6630
Table 1 Characteristics of patients according to increased expression times of ABCG2 mRNA by terciles n (%)
Clinical pathological parametersTotal cohortABCG2 mRNA expression times
P value
0.71 (n = 40)0.71-1.8 (n = 23)1.8 (n =1 5)
Age (yr)0.123
Median59586159
Range27-8127-7928-8130-80
Gender0.269
Female19 (24.4)10 (24.8)6 (28.0)3 (19.0)
Male59 (75.6)30 (75.2)17 (72.0)12 (81.0)
Performance status0.556
0-170 (89.7)36 (88.8)20 (85.0)14 (91.0)
28 (10.3)4 (11.2)3 (15.0)1 (9.0)
Histological grad0.106
Differentiated39 (50.0)19 (48.0)12 (51.0)8 (52.3)
Undifferentiated39 (50.0)21 (52.0)11 (49.0)7 (47.7)
Stage0.170
IIIA24 (30.8)12 (29.0)7 (31.0)5 (33.0)
IIIB24 (30.8)13 (32.1)7 (30.0)4 (28.0)
IV30 (38.5)15 (38.9)9 (39.0)6 (39.0)
Chemotherapeutic regimen0.322
Cisplatin + fluoropyrimidine18 (23.1)9 (23.1)6 (26.9)3 (21.4)
Cisplatin + docetaxel11 (14.1)6 (15.4)3 (14.6)2 (13.8)
Cisplatin + paclitaxel10 (12.8)5 (12.8)3 (15.1)2 (14.3)
Cisplatin + capecitabine19 (24.4)7 (32.1)7 (30.5)5 (35.8)
Cisplatin + S-120 (25.6)13 (16.7)4 (12.8)3 (14.7)