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The correlation between downregulated total PTEN expression and clinicopathological characteristics is shown. Downregulated total PTEN expression in gastric carcinoma tissues was significantly associated with (A) gender (P=0.025) and (B) AJCC tumor stage (P=0.018). The correlation between PTEN expression and AJCC stage was more significant when comparing AJCC tumor stage I with stages II–IV (P=0.004). AJCC, American Joint Committee on Cancer.
