Table I.
Clinicopathological characteristics of the gastric cancer patients according to C-ERC/mesothelin staining.
| C-ERC expression | Luminal membrane expression | |||||
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| Parameter | Positive (n=29) | Negative (n=21) | P-value | Positive (n=15) | Negative (n=35) | P-value |
| Gender | 0.3145 | 0.3044 | ||||
| Male | 24 | 14 | 13 | 25 | ||
| Female | 5 | 7 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Age, yearsa | 73.17±10.52 | 69.24±13.40 | 0.3757 | 72.27±12.20 | 71.2±11.87 | 0.8404 |
| Tumor size, mma | 51.90±51.62 | 40.90±30.75 | 0.6021 | 48.87±29.30 | 46.60±49.38 | 0.433 |
| Histology | 0.1226 | 0.1764 | ||||
| Well-moderate | 23 | 12 | 13 | 22 | ||
| Poor | 6 | 9 | 2 | 13 | ||
| T classification | 0.569 | 0.5355 | ||||
| 1 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 21 | ||
| 2–4 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 14 | ||
| N classification | 1 | 0.5279 | ||||
| 0 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 23 | ||
| 1–3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 12 | ||
| Lymphatic invasion | 0.0848 | 0.0286b | ||||
| Positive | 19 | 8 | 12 | 15 | ||
| Negative | 10 | 13 | 3 | 20 | ||
| Venous invasion | 0.7685 | 0.5279 | ||||
| Positive | 12 | 7 | 7 | 12 | ||
| Negative | 17 | 14 | 8 | 23 | ||
| TNM stage | 0.7734 | 0.3557 | ||||
| 1 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 22 | ||
| 2–4 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 13 | ||
a
Values are expressed as mean ± SD.
b
Statistically significant at p<0.05.