Gene Expression Correlation for Cancer Diagnosis: A Pilot Study

Table 2

Average fold difference (FD) in the mRNA expression levels of PIK3C3, PIM3, and PTEN in patients with invasive cancer (stages I–IV) relative to patients with noninvasive cancer (stage 0).

Cancer type	PIK3C3		PIM3		PTEN
	FD	𝑃 value	FD	𝑃 value	FD	𝑃 value
Breast	3.1	0.01	3.8	0.00	3.1	0.04
Colon	1.1	0.98	1.0	0.94	1.1	0.91
Kidney	0.6	0.07	0.9	0.41	1.0	0.52
Liver	0.8	0.38	0.8	0.21	0.7	0.09
Lung	1.3	0.77	1.1	0.83	1.6	0.19
Ovary	1.9	0.62	1.3	0.55	1.3	0.39
Prostate	0.7	0.35	1.3	0.61	0.8	0.21
Thyroid	0.5	0.03	0.8	0.26	1.3	0.23