Table II.
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Groups | n | − | + | ++ | +++ | Positive cases (n) | Positive rate (%) |
Malignant tumor | 60 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 8 | 47 | 78.33a |
Borderline tumor | 20 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 75.00b |
Benign tumor | 20 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 65.00 |
Normal | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 40.00 |
Significantly different from the benign and normal tissue groups;
Not significantly different from the benign and normal tissue groups.