Table 1.
Distribution of EBER-1-positive gastric carcinomas by anatomic site1 and gender
| Total | Males | Females | ||||
| (EBER-1+/total) % | (EBER-1+/total) % | (EBER-1+/total) % | ||||
| Total | 24/330 | 7.3 | 13/173 | 7.5 | 11/157 | 7.0 |
| Upper | 3/44 | 6.8 | 3/31 | 9.7 | 0/13 | 0 |
| Middle | 13/128 | 10.2 | 7/67 | 10.4 | 6/61 | 9.8 |
| Lower | 8/156 | 5.1 | 3/74 | 4.1 | 5/82 | 6.1 |
1In two cases, anatomic location could not be determined. All (one male and one female) were EBER-1-negative.