Overexpression of BMPER in Ovarian Cancer and the Mechanism by which It Promotes Malignant Biological Behavior in Tumor Cells

Table 1

Relationships between BMPER expression and clinicopathological characteristics of 94 patients with epithelial ovarian cancer.

Characteristics		Low		High		High expression rate (%)
		(-)	(+)	(++)	(+++)
FIGO stage							>0.05
I-II	41	4	9	8	20	68.29
III-IV	53	6	5	14	24	71.70
Differentiation							>0.05
Well-moderate	49	5	9	12	23	71.43
Poor	45	4	9	11	21	71.11
Pathologic type							>0.05
Serous	59	7	12	12	28	67.80
Mucinous	10	2	1	3	4	70.00
Endometrioid	17	0	4	2	11	76.47
Clear cell carcinoma	8	0	1	3	4	87.50
LN metastasis							0.044
No	56	6	14	14	22	64.29
Yes	23	1	2	5	15	86.96
No lymphadenectomy	15	2	2	3	8	73.33

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