Table I.
Expression of Lewis(y) antigen and MUC1 in various ovarian tissues.
| Group | Cases | Lewis(y)
|
Positive cases | Rate (%) | MUC1
|
Positive cases | Rate (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| − | + | ++ | +++ | − | + | ++ | +++ | ||||||
| Malignant group | 60 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 18 | 53 | 88.33a | 8 | 14 | 24 | 14 | 52 | 86.67a |
| Borderline group | 30 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 60b | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 53.33 |
| Benign group | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 33.33 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 30 |
| Normal group | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25 |
a
P<0.05 compared with borderline; P<0.01 compared with benign and normal group;
b
P<0.01 compared with normal group.