TABLE 4.
The relationship between clinicopathological factors and STEAP1 expression in 212 patients
| Clinicopathological factors | Positive (cases) | Negative (cases) | P‐value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | 0.100 | ||
| Male | 78 | 83 | |
| Female | 18 | 33 | |
| Age (years) | 0.921 | ||
| ≤60 | 47 | 56 | |
| >60 | 49 | 60 | |
| Location | 0.103 | ||
| Upper | 13 | 13 | |
| Middle | 14 | 15 | |
| Lower | 77 | 66 | |
| Entire | 12 | 2 | |
| Size (cm) | 0.510 | ||
| ≤4 | 27 | 28 | |
| >4 | 69 | 88 | |
| Borrmann Type | 0.009 | ||
| Borrmann 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| Borrmann 2 | 4 | 10 | |
| Borrmann 3 | 107 | 78 | |
| Borrmann 4 | 4 | 1 | |
| Differentiation degree a | 0.823 | ||
| Differentiated | 47 | 55 | |
| Undifferentiated | 49 | 61 | |
| Lymphovascular invasion | 0.142 | ||
| Negative | 71 | 68 | |
| Positive | 45 | 28 | |
| T staging | 0.619 | ||
| T1‐2 | 18 | 15 | |
| T3 | 16 | 18 | |
| T4a | 60 | 79 | |
| T4b | 2 | 4 | |
| N staging | <0.001 | ||
| N0 | 15 | 36 | |
| N1 | 27 | 21 | |
| N2 | 19 | 16 | |
| N3a | 32 | 18 | |
| N3b | 23 | 5 | |
| M0 or M1 | 0.542 | ||
| M0 | 92 | 109 | |
| M1 | 4 | 7 |
a
High and medium differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma and papillary adenocarcinoma were regarded as differentiated types; mucous adenocarcinoma, signet ring cell carcinoma, low and undifferentiated adenocarcinoma were regarded as undifferentiated types.