Research Article
Expression Profiles of Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition-Associated Proteins in Epithelial Ovarian Carcinoma
Table 1
Expression of Snail and Slug according to the clinicopathologic variables (
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| | Variables | Snaillow, (%) | Snailhigh, (%) | P value | Sluglow, (%) | Slughigh, (%) | P value |
| | Stage | | | | | | | | I | 6 (17.1) | 29 (82.9) | 0.185 | 22 (62.9) | 13 (37.1) | 0.402 | | II | 1 (9.1) | 10 (90.9) | 8 (72.7) | 3 (27.3) | | III | 8 (16.7) | 40 (83.3) | 36 (75) | 12 (25) | | IV | 4 (44.4) | 5 (55.6) | 8 (88.9) | 1 (11.1) | | Histology | | | | | | | | Serous | 5 (8.2) | 56 (91.8) | 0.001 | 45 (73.8) | 16 (26.2) | 0.097 | | Mucinous | 7 (41.2) | 10 (58.8) | 8 (47.1) | 9 (52.9) | | Endometrioid | 1 (10) | 9 (90) | 9 (90) | 1 (10) | | Clear cell | 6 (46.2) | 7 (53.8) | 10 (76.9) | 3 (23.1) | | Others | 0 (0) | 2 (100) | 2 (100) | 0 (0) | | Grade | | | | | | | | 1 | 7 (33.3) | 14 (66.7) | 0.048 | 12 (57.1) | 9 (42.9) | 0.215 | | 2 | 8 (21.6) | 29 (78.4) | 29 (78.4) | 8 (21.6) | | 3 | 4 (8.9) | 41 (91.1) | 33 (73.3) | 12 (26.7) | | LN metastasis | | | | | | | | No | 14 (18.4) | 62 (81.6) | 0.927 | 53 (69.7) | 23 (30.3) | 0.483 | | Yes | 5 (19.2) | 21 (80.8) | 20 (76.9) | 6 (23.1) | | Peritoneal seeding | | | | | | | | No | 10 (16.4) | 51 (83.6) | 0.804 | 44 (72.1) | 17 (27.9) | 0.990 | | <2 cm | 2 (20.0) | 8 (80.0) | 7 (70.0) | 3 (30.0) | | >2 cm | 7 (21.9) | 25 (78.1) | 23 (71.9) | 9 (28.1) | | Residual tumor | | | | | | | | <1 cm | 12 (17.6) | 56 (82.4) | 0.667 | 45 (66.2) | 23 (33.8) | 0.103 | | >1 cm | 7 (21.2) | 26 (78.8) | 27 (81.8) | 6 (18.2) |
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LN: lymph node.
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