Table 2.
Correlation between clinicopathological variables and phenotypic mucin marker expression in undifferentiated-type adenocarcinoma of stomach
Clinicopathological findings | Phenotypic marker expression in tumor cells |
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MUC5AC |
MUC6 |
MUC2 |
CD10 |
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+/− n = 52/61 | P-value | +/− n = 48/65 | P-value | +/− n = 27/86 | P-value | +/− n = 23/90 | P-value | |
Mean age, years | 65.7/68.3 | 0.207 | 65.7/68.2 | 0.232 | 67.0/67.2 | 0.938 | 71.6/68.7 | 0.706 |
Gender | ||||||||
Male (n = 72) | 34/38 | 0.734 | 28/44 | 0.306 | 15/57 | 0.312 | 15/57 | 0.867 |
Female (n = 41) | 18/23 | 20/21 | 12/29 | 8/33 | ||||
Depth of invasion | ||||||||
T1 (n = 42) | 23/19 | 0.151 | 22/20 | 0.101 | 13/29 | 0.176 | 8/34 | 0.791 |
T2–4 (n = 71) | 29/42 | 26/45 | 14/57 | 15/56 | ||||
Lymphatic invasion | ||||||||
Negative (n = 39) | 20/19 | 0.415 | 19/20 | 0.330 | 10/29 | 0.752 | 8/31 | 0.976 |
Positive (n = 74) | 32/42 | 29/45 | 17/57 | 15/59 | ||||
Venous invasion | ||||||||
Negative (n = 54) | 28/26 | 0.234 | 26/28 | 0.243 | 17/37 | 0.070 | 10/44 | 0.643 |
Positive (n = 59) | 24/35 | 22/37 | 10/49 | 13/46 | ||||
Mean tumor size, mm | 66.4/52.2 | 0.482 | 63.3/55.4 | 0.754 | 60.4/58.2 | 0.496 | 55.1/59.7 | 0.847 |
Lymph node metastasis | ||||||||
N0 (n = 50) | 25/25 | 0.449 | 25/25 | 0.150 | 12/38 | 0.981 | 8/42 | 0.306 |
N1–3 (n = 63) | 27/36 | 23/40 | 15/48 | 15/48 | ||||
Distant metastasis | ||||||||
M0 (n = 102) | 50/52 | 0.062 | 45/57 | 0.349 | 26/76 | 0.455 | 21/81 | 1.000 |
M1 (n = 11) | 2/9 | 3/8 | 1/10 | 2/9 | ||||
Stage | ||||||||
I + II (n = 65) | 30/35 | 0.973 | 30/35 | 0.358 | 16/49 | 0.834 | 13/52 | 0.913 |
III + IV (n = 48) | 22/26 | 18/30 | 11/37 | 10/38 |
+, positive; −, negative.