Table 2.
Association between TFF1 and GKN2 expression and clinicopathologic parameters in gastric cancers
Parameter | TFF1 protein expression
|
||
---|---|---|---|
+ | − | P value | |
Tumor location | 0.1941 | ||
Upper | 6 | 10 | |
Lower | 35 | 118 | |
Size | 0.4888 | ||
<6.5 cm | 24 | 67 | |
>6.5 cm | 17 | 61 | |
No. of metastatic L/Ns | 0.4709 | ||
N1 (≥1 and ≤2) | 5 | 20 | |
N2 (≥3 and ≤7) | 7 | 31 | |
N3 (>7) | 29 | 27 | |
Differentiationa | 0.2316 | ||
Intestinal | 22 | 55 | |
Diffuse | 19 | 73 | |
GKN2 expression | 0.0598 | ||
+ | 15 | 26 | |
– | 28 | 100 |
L/N lymph node
Lauren’s classification