Table 1.

SEMA5A mRNA expression according to cervical cancer stage

FIGO stage	Lymph node metastasis	n	SEMA5A expressiona
Ia	No	11	1.03 ± 0.15b
Ib	No	20	1.82 ± 0.24b
IIa	No	31	2.14 ± 0.18b
IIb	Yes	24	3.78 ± 0.23

SEMA5A mRNA expression in cervical cancer tissue (n = 86) was examined using quantitative real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. SEMA5A mRNA expression was compared between stage IIb tumors and stage Ia, Ib, and IIa tumors

FIGO Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics, SEMA5A semaphorin 5A

^aData are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation of at least three independent experiments

^bP < 0.05 versus stage IIb