Table I.
CD44 mRNA expression | ||||
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Clinicopathological feature | Patients, n | Low, n | High, n | P-value |
Age | 0.126 | |||
>50 | 24 | 15 | 9 | |
≤50 | 29 | 12 | 17 | |
Sex | 0.659 | |||
Male | 31 | 15 | 16 | |
Female | 22 | 12 | 10 | |
World health organization grade | <0.01 | |||
II | 19 | 14 | 5 | |
III–IV | 34 | 13 | 21 | |
Karnofsky performance status | <0.01 | |||
>80 | 19 | 15 | 4 | |
≤80 | 34 | 12 | 22 |