Table 1.
All tissue indexes analysed means ± standard deviations as a function of tumour malignancy grade and statistical significance of their changes between G1 versus G2, G1 versus G3, and G2 versus G3 CMCT groups by Student's t-test.
| CMCTs (number of cases) |
MVD 400x (0.19 mm2) |
MCGD 400x (0.19 mm2) |
MCDD 400x (0.19 mm2) |
PM-c-KitR expression (0.19 mm2) |
PDC-c-KitR expression (0.19 mm2) |
PFP-c-KitR expression (0.19 mm2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G1 (36) | 7 ± 4 | 91 ± 29 | 21 ± 10 | 109 ± 35 | 9 ± 4 | 8 ± 5 |
| G2 (29) | 9 ± 5 | 84 ± 33 | 24 ± 11 | 99 ± 24 | 11 ± 4 | 10 ± 6 |
| G3 (32) | 27 ± 9 | 39 ± 17 | 107 ± 42 | 7 ± 3 | 115 ± 31 | 96 ± 34 |
| t-test | G1 versus G2 | G1 versus G2 | G1 versus G2 | G1 versus G2 | G1 versus G2 | G1 versus G2 |
| P value | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. |
| t-test | G1 versus G3 | G1 versus G3 | G1 versus G3 | G1 versus G3 | G1 versus G3 | G1 versus G3 |
| P value | 0.001 | 0.004 | 0.001 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| t-test | G2 versus G3 | G2 versus G3 | G2 versus G3 | G2 versus G3 | G2 versus G3 | G2 versus G3 |
| P value | 0.002 | 0.004 | 0.002 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.001 |