Table 2.

Expression of BMP5 in different type of tumors (tissue microarrays)

Organ	Tissue type	Total no. of samples	No. of BMP5 positive samples	%positive (No./total)	P value
Colorectal	Normal	129	116	89.9	< 0.0001
	Adenocarcinoma	129	89	69.0
Liver	Normal	50	50	100	1
	Hepatocellular carcinoma	50	50	100
Esophagus	Normal	50	40	80	1
	Squamous cell carcinoma	50	41	82
Stomach	Normal	50	46	92	1
	Adenocarcinoma	50	46	92
Pancreas	Normal	50	25	50	0.6889
	Adenocarcinoma	50	28	56
Lung	Normal	50	0	0	1
	Adenocarcinoma	50	0	0
Breast	Normal	40	5	12.5	0.0003
	Invasive ductal carcinoma	40	21	52.5