Table 2.

Distribution of marker expression in tumor and stroma, distinguishing between 4 different expression groups such as 0 = no expression, 1+ low expression, 2+ intermediate expression, 3+ strong expression

n = 84	SOX9	SOX9	SLUG	SLUG	SOX10
(pre)	Tumor	Stroma	Tumor	Stroma	Tumor
pre 0	11	65	15	3	5
	(13%)	(77%)	(18%)	(3%)	(6%)
pre 1+	15	8	35	8	15
	(18%)	(10%)	(41%)	(10%)	(18%)
pre 2+	35	7	30	25	32
	(41%)	(8%)	(36%)	(30%)	(38%)
pre 3+	23	4	4	48	32
	(28%)	(5%)	(5%)	(57%)	(38%)
n = 82
(post)
post 0	10	65	40	8	7
	(12%)	(79%)	(49%)	(10%)	(55)
post 1+	22	14	24	27	22
	(26%)	(17%)	(29%)	(33%)	(26%)
post 2+	35	3	18	44	27
	(42%)	(3%)	(22%)	(54%)	(33%)
post 3+	17	1	0	3	28
	(20%)	(1%)	(0%)	(3%)	(34%)