Expression of Stem Cell Markers in Preinvasive Tubal Lesions of Ovarian Carcinoma

Table 1

Protein expression of ALDH1, CD44, and CD117 in the epithelial compartment of normal-appearing fallopian tubes, STICs, AOC (associated carcinoma with STICs), and non-AOC (ovarian carcinoma without STICs).

	Normal-appearing fallopian tube ()	STICs ()	AOC ()	Non-AOC ()
ALDH1 mean scores St error	47 7.42	10.37 5.01	7.41 3.02	1.93 0.88
CD117 mean scores St error	48.11 9.33	58.29 9.96	44.27 10.95	16.08 4.47
CD44 mean scores St error	23.63 7.52	17.24 8.23	13.33 4.74	1.72 4.19