Relationship between urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor and vascular endothelial growth factor expression and metastasis of gallbladder cancer

Table 1 Relationship between uPAR expression and clinical pathological stages of gallbladder cancer

Tumor	Patients (n)	uPAR-positive patients (n)	Positive rate (%)
Diameter of tumor
</= 2 cm	26	15	57.7
2-4 cm	23	11	47.8
>/= 4 cm	19	13	68.4
Pathological stage
I	21	12	57.1
II	27	16	59.3
III	20	11	55.0
Metastasis
Positive	31	27b	87.1b
Negative	37	12	32.4

^bP < 0.01 vs others.

Table 2 Relationship between VEGF expression and clinical pathological stage of gallbladder cancer

Tumor	Patients (n)	uPAR-positive patients (n)	Positive rate (%)
Diameter of tumor
</= 2 cm	26	14	53.8
2-4 cm	23	12	52.2
>/= 4 cm	19	9	47.4
Pathological stage
I	21	12	57.1
II	27	15	55.6
III	20	8	40.0
Metastasis
Positive	31	24b	77.4b
Negative	37	11	29.7

^bP < 0.01 vs others.