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World J Gastroenterol. May 7, 2022; 28(17): 1781-1797
Published online May 7, 2022. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v28.i17.1781
Table 3 Correlation between heparin binding epidermal growth factor expression and clinicopathological characteristics of colorectal cancers in cohort of human colorectal cancer tissues
Clinicopathological variablesCohort tumor HB-EGF expression
P value
Negative (n = 26)
Positive (n = 39)
Age (yr)65.72 (10.37)69.43 (7.98)
GenderFemale1123> 0.05
Male1416
Size of tumor (mm) ≤ 1057> 0.05
> 102132
Lymphatic metastasisAbsent1919> 0.05
Present720
Tumor differentiationI-II1224> 0.05
III-IV1415
TNM stageI-II118> 0.05
III-IV1531
AJCC clinical stage according to 7th issue1 and 2A1724> 0.05
3 and 3B915