Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor-C and the relationship between lymphangiogenesis and lymphatic metastasis in colorectal cancer

Table 1 Relationship between expression of VEGF-C and clinicopathologic features in colorectal carcinoma

Characteristic		n	VEGF-C		P
			(+)	(-)
	Male	34	25	9
Gender					0.143
	Female	22	12	10
Lymph node
	(+)	37	30	8
metastasis					0.007
	(-)	9	8	11
	Well	40	25	15
Differentiation					0.372
	Poorly	16	12	4
	Muscularis	17	10	7
Invasion depth					0.499
	Adventitia	39	27	12
	I-II	19	13	6
Stage					0.790
	III-IV	37	24	13