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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 19.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Chem. 2005 Apr 7;51(6):981–988. doi: 10.1373/clinchem.2004.045096

Table 1.

mRNA detection in blood from melanoma patients.

AJCC stage, n (%)

I II III IV Total
Marker (n = 20) (n = 20) (n = 32) (n = 22) (n = 94) Pa
MART-1 2 (10) 4 (20) 11 (34) 11 (50) 28 (30)   0.003
GalNAc-T 0 (0) 2 (10) 13 (41) 8 (36) 23 (24)   0.0006
PAX-3 0 (0) 1 (5) 10 (31) 10 (45) 21 (22) <0.0001
MAGE-A3 1 (5) 2 (10) 7 (22) 7 (32) 17 (18)   0.016
a

Comparison between AJCC stage and each marker detection by Cochran–Armitage trend test.