Table I.

CEP55 expression and clinicopathological characteristics in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

		CEP55 expression
Characteristic	Patients	(−)	(+)	P-value
Total	110	47	63
Gender				0.336
Male	79	36	43
Female	31	11	20
Age (years)				0.392
<60	52	20	32
≥60	58	27	31
Tumor length (cm)				0.06
<5	45	24	21
≥5	65	23	42
Differentiation				0.022
Well-moderate	71	36	35
Poor	39	11	28
pT				0.019
T2	38	22	16
T3	72	25	47
pN				0.033
N2	24	6	18
N1	52	21	31
N0	34	20	14
TNM stage				0.002
II	36	23	13
III	74	24	50
Recurrence				0.021
Yes	49	15	34
No	61	32	29