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Table 1.

Relationship between the clinicopathological parameters and Ets‐1 expression, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression or microvessel density (MVD)

Parameter Ets‐1 score (mean ± SD) VEGF score (mean ± SD) MVD (mean ± SD)
T (primary tumor)
 pT1 (n = 23) 111 ± 90 123 ± 105 106 ± 77
 pT2 (n = 8) 130 ± 82  62 ± 74 139 ± 67
 pT3 (n = 15) 149 ± 101  62 ± 65 127 ± 60
N (regional lymph nodes)
 pN0 (n = 45) 123 ± 91  96 ± 93 117 ± 70
 pN1 (n = 1) 270  51 178
M (distant metastasis)
 pM0 (n = 44) 123 ± 91  99 ± 94 117 ± 71
 pM1 (n = 2) 208  35 144 ± 16
Stage grouping
 Stage I (n = 23) 111 ± 90 123 ± 105 106 ± 77
 Stage II (n = 7) 131 ± 89  81 ± 78 140 ± 72
 Stage III (n = 13) 128 ± 93  63 ± 73 121 ± 63
 Stage IV (n = 3) 229 ± 88  40 ± 30 155 ± 23
Histological grade
 G1 (n = 10) 136 ± 104  56 ± 70 127 ± 78
 G2 (n = 29) 130 ± 85 120 ± 105 117 ± 70
 G3 (n = 7)  97 ± 110  57 ± 43 111 ± 66
Venous invasion
 v (–) (n = 33) 117 ± 95 124 ± 97 120 ± 76
 v (+) (n = 13) 151 ± 81  35 ± 38 114 ± 53