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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 28, 2006; 12(24): 3929-3932
Published online Jun 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i24.3929
Published online Jun 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i24.3929
Table 1 Clinical and histopathological characteristics of patients
| Characteristics | n=99 (%) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 87 (87.9) |
| Female | 12 (12.1) |
| Location of tumor | |
| Upper thoracic | 6 (6.1) |
| Middle thoracic | 61 (61.6) |
| Lower thoracic | 32 (32.3) |
| Histological grade | |
| I | 7 (7.1) |
| II | 71 (71.7) |
| III | 21 (21.2) |
| Depth of invasion | |
| T1 | 5 (5.1) |
| T2 | 35 (35.4) |
| T3 | 59 (59.6) |
| T4 | 0 (0) |
| Lymph node metastasis | |
| Positive | 32 (32.3) |
| Negative | 67 (67.7) |
Table 2 Relationship between clinicopathological parameters and expression of TGM3
| Type | Cases | TGM3 | P | |
| Preserved | Reduced | |||
| Histological grade | ||||
| I | 7 | 3 | 4 | < 0.05 |
| II | 71 | 14 | 57 | |
| III | 21 | 1 | 20 | |
| Depth of invasion | ||||
| Mucous layer | 5 | 0 | 5 | > 0.05 |
| Muscular layer | 35 | 5 | 30 | |
| Full-thickness | 59 | 13 | 46 | |
| Lymph node metastases | ||||
| Positive | 32 | 6 | 26 | > 0.05 |
| Negative | 67 | 12 | 55 | |
- Citation: Liu W, Yu ZC, Cao WF, Ding F, Liu ZH. Functional studies of a novel oncogene TGM3 in human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. World J Gastroenterol 2006; 12(24): 3929-3932
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v12/i24/3929.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v12.i24.3929