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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 28, 2006; 12(48): 7859-7863
Published online Dec 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i48.7859
Published online Dec 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i48.7859
Table 1 Clinical and histopathological characteristics of patients
| Characteristic | n (%) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 79 (73.8) |
| Female | 28 (26.2) |
| Location of tumor | |
| Upper thoracic | 14 (13.1) |
| Middle thoracic | 60 (56.1) |
| Lower thoracic | 33 (30.8) |
| Degree of differentiation | |
| Well-differentiated | 8 (7.5) |
| Moderately-differentiated | 74 (69.2) |
| Poorly-differentiated | 25 (23.3) |
| Depth of invasion | |
| T1 | 6 (5.6) |
| T2 | 39 (36.4) |
| T3 | 62 (58.0) |
| T4 | 0 (0) |
| Lymph node metastasis | |
| Positive | 35 (32.7) |
| Negative | 72 (67.2) |
Table 2 Relationship between clinicopathologic parameters and expression of Elk-1
| Type | Case | Elk-1 | P | |
| Preserved | Increased | |||
| Degree of differentiation | ||||
| Well-differentiated | 8 | 1 | 7 | > 0.05 |
| Moderately-differentiated | 74 | 14 | 60 | |
| Poorly-differentiated | 25 | 6 | 19 | |
| Depth of invasion | ||||
| Mucous layer (T1) | 6 | 1 | 5 | > 0.05 |
| Muscular layer (T2) | 39 | 6 | 33 | |
| Full-thickness (T3) | 62 | 14 | 48 | |
| Lymph node metastases | ||||
| Positive | 35 | 5 | 30 | > 0.05 |
| Negative | 72 | 16 | 56 | |
- Citation: Chen AG, Yu ZC, Yu XF, Cao WF, Ding F, Liu ZH. Overexpression of Ets-like protein 1 in human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. World J Gastroenterol 2006; 12(48): 7859-7863
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v12/i48/7859.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v12.i48.7859