Cancer stem cell markers correlate with early recurrence and survival in hepatocellular carcinoma

Table 4 Association of CD133, CD90, and epithelial cell adhesion molecule expression with recurrence and survival

Marker	ER group	NER group	P value	Overall survival			P value
	n = 25	n = 25		1 yr	2 yr	3 yr
CD133
Positive	20	22	0.440	85.9%	71.2%	68.6%	0.732
Negative	5	3		87.5%	72.9%	54.7%
CD90
Positive	22	11	0.001	78.8%	60.2%	56.4%	0.018
Negative	3	14		100.0%	94.1%	88.2%
EpCAM
Positive	14	7	0.045	85.7%	51.3%	46.2%	0.010
Negative	11	18		86.2%	86.2%	82.3%

Association of CD133, CD90, and epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) expression with dichotomized clinicopathological variables in HCC patients after propensity-score matching; ER: Early recurrence; NER: Non-ER.