Table 1.
DEK protein expression in gastric cancers
|
Diagnosis |
No. of cases |
DEK expression |
Positive rate (%) |
Strongly positive rate (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - + ++ +++ | ||||
| Gastric cancers |
172 |
51 17 67 37 |
70.3%** |
60.5%** |
| Dysplasia |
36 |
21 8 7 0 |
41.7%** |
19.4%** |
| Normal | 27 | 22 5 0 0 | 18.5% | 0 |
**P < 0.01, compared with normal mucosa and dysplasia of gastric. Dysplasia: gastric dysplasia; Cancer: gastric cancer; Positive rate: percentage of positive cases with ‘+’, ‘++’, and ‘+++’ staining score; Strongly positive rate: percentage of positive cases with ‘++’ and ‘+++’ staining score.