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. 2008 Mar 14;14(10):1612–1616. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1612

Table 3.

MMP-2 immunoreactivity in primary and metastatic T3 gastric cancer

Patients (n) Tumor type Grade
P value
- + ++ +++
44 T3NxMx Primary lesion 12 6 14 12 0.004
Patients Metastatic lymph node 7 6 9 22
20 T3NxM1 Primary lesion 6 3 7 4 0.019
Patients Metastatic lymph node 4 3 4 9
Distal metastatic site 3 5 2 10