Expression of β-catenin in hepatocellular carcinoma

Table 1 β-Catenin expression and viral hepatitis background.

	M (%)	M+N (%)	M+C (%)	M+N+C (%)	C(%)
HBV	49 (4/8)	38 (3/8)	13 (1/8)
HCV	50 (10/20)	10 (2/20)	5 (1/20)	5 (1/20)	30 (6/20)
NonB-nonC	100 (3/3)

M: membranous, M+N: membranous and nuclear, M+C: membranous and cytoplasmic, M+C+N: membranous, cytoplasmic, and nuclear, C: cytoplasmic.

Table 2 β-Catenin expression and histological grade.

	M (%)	M+N (%)	M+C (%)	M+N+C (%)	C (%)
Well	46 (5/11)	18 (2/11)	9 (1/11)		27 (3/11)
Moderate	65 (11/17)	12 (2/17)			23 (4/17)
Poor	25 (1/4)	50 (2/4)		25 (1/4)

M: membranous, M+N: membranous and nuclear, M+C: membranous and cytoplasmic, M+C+N: membranous, cytoplasmic, and nuclear, C: cytoplasmic.