Research Article

CDKL2 Is Associated with HER2 Status and Overall Survival in Gastric Cancer: Comparative Analysis of CDKL2 Protein Expression and Gene Copy Number

Table 1

Patient characteristics according to the CDKL2 expression by IHC and FISH.

All patientsCDKL2-IHC lowCDKL2-IHC highCDKL2-FISH lowCDKL2-FISH high
VariableNo.%No.%No.%No.%No.%

GenderMale22868.314965.47934.60.77020389.02511.00.087
Female10631.77167.03533.09387.71312.3
Age>6015546.410165.25434.80.80013587.12012.90.414
≤6017953.611966.56033.516189.91810.1
Histologic gradeModerate5115.33466.71733.30.8964486.3713.70.566
Poor28384.718665.79734.325289.03111.0
TNMa1-214142.29970.24229.80.15212487.91712.10.738
3-419357.812162.77237.317289.12110.9
Lauren classificationIntestinal10230.56765.73534.30.8058684.31615.70.158
Diffuse16750.010864.75935.314989.21810.8
Mixed6519.54569.22030.86193.846.2
 T1-28324.95465.12934.90.8587489.2910.80.860
3-425175.116666.18533.922288.42911.6
 NN09729.06364.93435.10.8218991.888.20.249
N1-323771.015766.28033.820787.33012.7
 MM-29286.819867.99432.10.04925988.73311.30.908
M+4213.22252.42047.63788.1511.9
LVI+12236.57662.34637.70.29610989.31310.70.753
-21263.514467.96832.118788.22511.8
PNI+19458.112162.47337.60.11316987.12512.90.306
-14041.99970.74129.312790.7139.3
Tumor locationCardia5416.23666.71833.30.8925094.445.60.316
Other28083.818465.79634.324687.93412.1
HER2 status+4513.52044.42555.60.0013373.31226.70.001
-28986.520069.28930.826391.0269.0

aClinical stage were reclassified according to the 8th American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) TNM classification. LVI: lymph-vascular invasion; PNI: perineural invasion.