Table 1.

Stage of 16 Esophageal Carcinoma Samples from Patients Whose Specimens Were Analyzed by RT-PCR.

Variables	No. of Patients
	n	%
Gender
Male	14§	87.5
Female	2	12.5
Stage
I	5	31.3
II	1	6.3
III	9§	56.2
IV	1	6.3

^§Two patients were diagnosed as having adenocarcinoma.