Table 5.

Levels of mRNA transcript vs tumour grade

	Grade 1	Grade 2	Grade 3
LYVE-1	12.3 ± 30.2 (20)	67.0 ± 328.4 (33)	70.9 ± 401.2 (40)
Prox1	7083 ± 9542 (24)	2727 ± 4693 (41)	5536 ± 9999 (55)
Podoplanin	3099 ± 3579 (24)	12774 ± 26291 (41)	18775 ± 95973 (56)
5'-Nucleotidase	5187 ± 7647 (22)	4652 ± 7725 (38)	5615 ± 10888 (52)
VEGFR-3	110 ± 161 (24)	122 ± 206 (41)	127 ± 259 (56)
VEGF-C	702 ± 270 (15)	1664 ± 942 (29)	2290 ± 1768 (42)
VEGF-D	44.3 ± 17.1 (14)	26.2 ± 6.23 (17)	62.6 ± 26.3 (29)
VEGFR-2	15.9 ± 30.5 (24)	5.1 ± 11.2 (39)	1.8 ± 3.4 (54)
VEGF-C/VEGF-D ratioR-2	160 ± 130	236 ± 176	65.9 ± 26.5

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