Table 2.

Correlation of fascin-1 expression with clinicopathological characteristics

Colorectal cancer N = 111	Fascin				P
	No or low expression		Moderate to high expression
	N	% within fascin	N	% within fascin
Stage
I + II	44	66.7	11	24.4	< 0.001
III + IV	22	33.3	34	75.6
T
1	14	19.8	1	2.2	(T1 vs T2–4) 0.007
2	13	19.6	10	22.2
3	37	56.1	22	48.9
4	3	4.5	12	26.7
N
0	47	71.2	12	26.7	< 0.001
1 + 2	19	28.8	33	73.3
M
no	62	93.9	32	71.1	0.002
yes	4	6.1	13	28.9
G
1 + 2	56	84.8	26	57.8	0.002
3	10	15.2	19	42.2
V
no	57	86.4	26	57.8	0.001
yes	9	13.6	19	42.2
Pn
no	63	95.5	39	86.7	0.154
yes	3	4.5	6	13.3
Mucinous
no	62	93.9	40	88.9	0.481
yes	4	6.1	5	11.1