Table 3.
Association of mesothelin expression in thymic epithelial tumors with clinico-pathological data
| Mesothelin expression | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Negative | Positive | ||
| N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Sex | 0.47 | ||
| Male | 20(49) | 18(60) | |
| Female | 21(51) | 12(40) | |
| Race | 0.43 | ||
| White | 30(73) | 22(73) | |
| Black | 3(7) | 4(13) | |
| Hispanic | 3(7) | 0(0) | |
| Asian | 5(12) | 3(10) | |
| Mixed | 0(0) | 1(3) | |
| Histology | <0.0001 | ||
| Thymic carcinoma | 7(17) | 27(90) | |
| Thymoma | 26(63) | 3(10) | |
| Thymic neuroendocrine tumor | 8(20) | 0 | |
| Stage | 0.49 | ||
| II | 0(0) | 1(3) | |
| III | 2(5) | 2(7) | |
| IV | 39(95) | 27(90) | |