Table 1.
The clinicopathological features and differentially expressed of EMT-related markers in the tumor center and tumor margin of respective cases
| No. | Sex | Age | Size (cm) | Stage | Differentiation | L. V. I. | Neural invasion | Node metastasis | Center | Margin | ||||||
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| E-cad | SMA | SNAIL | ZEB1 | Ecad | SMA | SNAIL | ZEB1 | |||||||||
| 1 | F | 57 | 2.0 x 1.5 | IA | Moderately | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | + | + | + | - |
| 2 | M | 75 | 2.3 x 1.4 | IA | Moderately | + | - | - | + | - | - | - | + | - | + | - |
| 3 | F | 73 | 2.2 x 1.8 | IA | Moderately | - | + | - | + | - | - | - | + | - | - | - |
| 4 | F | 77 | 7.5 x 5.5 | IIB | Moderately | - | - | - | + | - | - | - | + | - | - | - |
| 5 | M | 82 | 2.8 x 2.2 | IA | Moderately | - | - | - | + | - | - | - | + | - | - | - |
| 6 | M | 71 | 1.7 x 1.5 | IA | Poorly | - | - | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - |
| 7 | F | 78 | 2.3 x 1.9 | IA | Moderately | - | - | - | + | - | - | - | + | - | - | - |
| 8 | F | 45 | 1.5 x 1.3 | IA | Moderately | - | - | - | + | - | - | - | + | - | - | - |
| 9 | F | 51 | 2.7 x 2.2 | IIIA | Moderately | + | - | + | + | - | - | - | + | + | + | + |
| 10 | M | 76 | 2.8 x 2.5 | IA | Moderately | - | - | - | + | - | - | - | + | - | - | - |
| 11 | F | 46 | 1.8 x 1.4 | IA | Well | - | - | - | + | - | - | - | + | - | - | - |
| 12 | F | 69 | 1.9 x 1.5 | IA | Well | - | - | - | + | - | - | - | + | - | - | - |
| 13 | F | 51 | 1.7 x 1.5 | IA | Well | - | - | - | + | - | - | - | + | - | - | - |
| 14 | F | 56 | 4.8 x 2.1 | IIB | Poorly | - | - | - | + | - | - | - | + | - | - | - |
| 15 | F | 71 | 2.7 x 2.5 | IIIA | Moderately | - | + | + | + | - | - | - | + | + | + | + |
Abbreviation: L. V. I., Lymphovascular invasion.