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World J Gastroenterol. May 21, 2014; 20(19): 5839-5848
Published online May 21, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i19.5839
Published online May 21, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i19.5839
Table 2 Relationship between clinicopathological features and γ-catenin mRNA expression n (%)
| Parameter | γ-catenin status | P value | |
| 2-ΔΔCT ≤ 0.5 | 2-ΔΔCT > 0.5 | ||
| Age (yr) | |||
| ≤ 55 | 18 (36) | 32 (64) | 0.216 |
| > 55 | 11 (24) | 34 (76) | |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 11 (46) | 13 (54) | 0.079 |
| Male | 18 (25) | 53 (75) | |
| Tumor size | |||
| ≤ 3 cm | 11 (37) | 19 (63) | 0.522 |
| 3-5 cm | 12 (25) | 36 (75) | |
| > 5 cm | 5 (31) | 11 (69) | |
| Differentiation grade | |||
| G1 | 5 (22) | 18 (78) | 0.017 |
| G2 | 13 (24) | 42 (76) | |
| G3 | 8 (62) | 5 (38) | |
| Invasive depth | |||
| T1 + T2 | 8 (33) | 16 (67) | 0.734 |
| T3 + T4 | 21 (30) | 50 (70) | |
| Regional lymph node metastasis | |||
| N0 | 16 (28) | 41 (72) | 0.528 |
| N1 | 13 (34) | 25 (66) | |
| pTNM stage | |||
| IA +IB + IIA + IIB | 16 (26) | 45 (74) | 0.640 |
| IIIA + IIIB + IIIC + IV | 9 (31) | 20 (69) | |
- Citation: Fang WK, Liao LD, Gu W, Chen B, Wu ZY, Wu JY, Shen J, Xu LY, Li EM. Down-regulated γ-catenin expression is associated with tumor aggressiveness in esophageal cancer. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(19): 5839-5848
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v20/i19/5839.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i19.5839