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. 2011 Mar 14;2(3):459–463. doi: 10.3892/ol.2011.267

Table I.

The clinicopathological characteristics of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and p53.

EGFR p53


Positive (%) Negative (%) p-value Positive (%) Negative (%) p-value
Age (years) 1.000 1.000
 <50 17 (68.0) 8 (32.0) 21 (84.0) 4 (16.0)
 ≥50 13 (72.2) 5 (27.2) 15 (83.3) 3 (16.7)
Gender 0.307 0.229
 Male 13 (81.3) 3 (18.7) 15 (93.4) 1 (6.6)
 Female 17 (63.0) 10 (37.0) 21 (77.8) 6 (22.2)
Myasthenia gravis 0.727 0.652
 Positive 9 (75.0) 3 (25.0) 11 (91.6) 1 (8.4)
 Negative 21 (67.7) 10 (22.3) 25 (80.7) 6 (29.3)
Tumor size (cm) 0.011 0.082
 <6 8 (47.1) 9 (53.9) 11 (68.8) 5 (31.2)
 ≥6 22 (84.6) 4 (15.4) 25 (92.6) 2 (7.4)
Histology 0.001 0.030
 Thymoma 30 (70.0) 13 (30.0) 37 (86.0) 6 (14.0)
 Thymus hyperplasia 3 (18.8) 13 (81.2) 9 (56.3) 7 (43.7)