Table 3.

Slug and ERCC1 Expression in Clinical and Pathological Characteristics of 74 Colorectal Cancer Patients

Variable Total	N	Expression of Slug in Cancer			Expression of ERCC1 in Cancer
		Positive (n = 43)	Negative (n = 31)	p Value	Positive (n = 44)	Negative (n = 30)	p Value
Age				0.102			0.126
<50	16	12	4		12	4
≥50	58	31	27		32	26
Gender				0.378			0.199
Male	45	25	20		29	16
Female	29	18	11		15	14
Tumor size				0.512			0.376
<4	30	17	13		19	11
>4	44	26	18		25	19
Histological grade				0.005			0.320
I–II	61	31	30		35	26
II–III	13	12	1		9	4
Lymph node				0.057			0.476
Positive	33	23	10		19	14
Negative	41	20	21		25	16
Tumor stage				0.237			0.601
T1–T2	15	7	8		9	6
T3–T4	59	36	23		35	24