Metallothionein expression in hepatocellular carcinoma

Table 1 Levels of MTs expression in HCC, para-neoplastic and normal liver tissues

	MTs score
	n	-	+	++
HCC	35	6	23	6
Para-neoplastic tissueb	35	0	0	35
Normal liver tissueb	5	0	0	5

^bP < 0.01, vs HCC

Table 2 Correlation between MTs expression and clinicopathologic data of HCC

	MTs score
	n	-	+	++
Pathologic grade
Grade I	5	0	3	2
Grade II	16	3	10	3
Grade III-IV	14	3	10	1
Clinical stage
Stage I-II	22	5	14	3
Stage III-IV	13	1	9	3
Size (mm)
≤ 50	9	3	6	0
> 50	26	3	17	6
AFP concentration (ng/mL)
≤ 50	13	3	6	4
> 50	22	3	17	2