Table 3.

Levels of mRNA transcript in tumour vs normal tissue

	TUMOUR	NORMAL BREAST	P-VALUE
LYVE-1	57.0 ± 326.3 01 (93)	0.28 ± 0.37 (23)	< 0.0001
Prox1	5099.1 ± 8353.1 (119)	1270.2 ± 1555.4 (32)	0.0009
Podoplanin	13722 ± 67277 (120)	4973 ± 7115 (29)	0.0483
5'-Nucleotidase	4964.4 ± 7166.3 (112)	3208.1 ± 8760.9 (32)	0.0068
VEGFR-3	121.76 ± 223.84 (120)	65.64 ± 197.00 (32)	0.0104
VEGF-C	1899.2 ± 8596.4 (84)	270.4 ± 305.5 (23)	0.0255
VEGF-D	57.3 ± 113.1 (58)	11.7 ± 12.2 (15)	0.0163
VEGFR-2	5.87 ± 16.17 (116)	4.01 ± 12.39 (31)	0.9017
VEGF-C:VEGF-D ratio	137.4 ± 60.1	160 ± 111	0.3694

Please note for all tables, the number in parentheses gives the number of samples valid for analysis following PCR.