Table 3.

Expression of telomerase associate genes of the tumor and normal tissues in 74 esophageal cancer patients

Expression	Positive	Negative	P-values1
TRF1			0.002
Tumor	61	13
Normal	43	31
TRF2			1.0
Tumor	68	6
Normal	67	7
c-Myc			0.16
Tumor	70	4
Normal	64	10
hTERT			0.0002
Tumor	48	26
Normal	24	50
hTERC			<0.0001
Tumor	59	14
Normal	30	44
TP1	N/A
Tumor	74	0
Normal	74	0
Tissue			0.288
Tumor	63	11
Normal	24	50	<0.0001

¹Pearson’s χ²-test.