Table 1.

Correlation of Clinicopathologic Parameters with cPLA2, COX-2, mPGES-1, and 15-PGDH Expressions

cPLA2, cytosolic phospholipase A2; COX-2, cyclooxygenase 2; mPGES-1, microsomal prostaglandin E₂ synthase-1; 15-PGDH, 15-prostaglandin dehydrogenase; CEA, carcinoembryonic antigen; VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor.

^*Negative VEGF expression vs. positive VEGF expression: p = 0.016.

^†pT0 vs. pT1/pT2 vs. pT3/pT4: p = 0.002.

^‡TNM stage 0 vs. I vs. II vs. III vs. IV p = 0.011.

^§Negative VEGF expression vs. Positive VEGF expression: p < 0.001.

^∥Negative VEGF expression vs. Positive VEGF expression: p = 0.040.