Table 6.

Met expression at the RNA level.

MET		Mean copy numbers	95% CI	Statistical method and P value
MET expression at the RNA level in one subgroup of TxN0M1 and TxN0M0
TxN0M1	9	1400 relative copies	990-2012	independent t test
TxN0M0	9	1298 relative copies	787-1910	p= 0.605
MET expression at the RNA level in the other subgroup of TxN1-2M1, TxN1-2M0 and TxN0M0
TxN1-2M1	21	1685 relative copies	1340-2276	One way ANOVA, P=0.031 TxN1-2M1vsTxN1-2M0,P=0.863 TxN1-2M1vsTxN0M0 P=0.018 TxN1-2M0vsTxN0M0 P=0.047
TxN1-2M0	21	1534 relative copies	1100-2060
TxN0M0	21	1310 relative copies	830-1914
MET expression at the RNA level in the total matched group
TxN0-2M1	30	1602	990-2276	One way ANOVA, P=0.047 TxN1-2M1vsTxN1-2M0,P=0.932 TxN1-2M1vsTxN0M0 P=0.038 TxN1-2M0vsTxN0M0 P=0.046
TxN1-2M0	21	1534 relative copies	1100-2060
TxN0M0	30	1301	787-1914
MET expression at the RNA level in primary tumors and matched liver metastasis(TxN0M1)
Primary	9	1400 relative copies	990-2012	paired t test p=0.853 6 cases had similar relate copies. 5 cases in seven cases with concordance and 1 cases in 2 cases with disconcordance at the protein level
Liver	9	1498 relative copies	869-2056
MET expression at the RNA level in primary tumors and matched liver metastasis(TxN1-2M1)
Primary	21	1685 relative copies	1340-2276	paired t test p=0.853 17 cases showed similar at the RNA level. 14 cases in 17 cases with concordance and 3 cases in 4 cases with disconcordance at the protein level
Liver	21	1829 relative copies	1227-2592
MET expression at the RNA level in primary tumors and matched liver metastasis(TxN0-2M1)
primary	30	1602 relative copies		paired t test p=0.709 22 cases showed similar at the RNA level Concordance rate:76.7%
Liver	30	1735 relative copies

CI: confidence interval.