Research Article

Snail Protein Expression as a Hallmark of Gastric Carcinoma in Biopsy Samples

Table 1

Characteristics of 43 patients with gastritis.

CharacteristicN (%)

Age, mean (±SD) 6 4 . 5 7 ± 1 5 . 3
Sex 
 Female28 (65%)
 Male15 (35%)
Tumor location
 Anastomosis2 (4.6%)
 EC0
 CF16 (37.2%)
 LC9 (20.9%)
 GC6 (14.0%)
 AP10 (23.3%)
Snail expression
 Negative39 (91%)
 Low4 (9%)

Total43

(AP: Antropyloric region; LC: lesser curvature; GC: greater curvature;CF: Corpus Fornix; EC: eso-cardial region).