Table 1.

Expression of VEGF-C and FLT-4 in primary gastric cancers and adjacent normal tissues detected by semi-quanti-tative RT-PCR (mean ± SD)

	Cases	VEGF-C	FLT-4
Primary gastric cancers	80	0.555 ± 0.399a	0.335 ± 0.261b
Adjacent normal tissues	80	0.146 ± 0.311c	0.153 ± 0.275d

^aP = 0.01 vs group^c,

^bP = 0.038 vs group^d.