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Relationship of RON expression to pathology parameters |
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| RON |
RON |
Χ2 |
p |
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| (+) (%) |
(-) |
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| Invasive Depth |
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| Early gastric cancer |
5 (29.4) |
12 |
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| Infiltrated to muscular layer |
15 (51.7) |
14 |
7.795 |
p = 0.019 |
| Infiltrated to serous membrane |
35 (67.3) |
17 |
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| TNM Stage |
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| Stage |
14 (35.0) |
26 |
12.245 |
p = 0.001 |
| Stage |
41 (70.7) |
17 |
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| Metastases to Lymph Nodes |
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| N0 |
11 (37.9) |
18 |
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| N1–3 |
44 (63.8) |
25 |
5.535 |
p = 0.019 |
| Borrmann Grade |
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| I/II group |
14 (53.8) |
12 |
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| III/IV group |
35 (63.6) |
20 |
0.708 |
p = 0.400 |
| Others |
6 |
11 |
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| Histology Grade |
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| Moderately & highly differentiated |
9 (39.1) |
14 |
1.577 |
p = 0.209 |
| Less differentiated * |
39 (54.2) |
33 |
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| Others** |
0 |
3 |
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| Distant Metastasis |
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| M0 |
40 (52.6) |
36 |
1.675 |
p = 0.196 |
| M1 |
15 (68.2) |
7 |
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*Includes poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma, signet-ring cell carcinoma, mucinous adenocarcinoma; ** Severe dysplasia with cancerization. | ||||
Zhou et al. BMC Cancer 2008 8:353 doi:10.1186/1471-2407-8-353 |
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