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Table 4 The association between the protein expression and liver or peritoneal seeding

From: Wnt3a expression is associated with MMP-9 expression in primary tumor and metastatic site in recurrent or stage IV colorectal cancer

  

Liver

Peritoneum

No.

p

No.

p

T

2

1

 

0

 
 

3

18

0.130

4

0.264

 

4

29

 

18

 

N

0

6

 

2

 
 

1

17

0.508

5

0.243

 

2

25

 

15

 

Grade

Well

4

 

3

 
 

Moderate

39

0.749

17

0.419

 

Poorly

5

 

2

 

Lymphatic invasion

(+)

44

0.304

20

0.556

Venous invasion

(+)

19

0.047

5

0.230

Perineural invasion

(+)

27

0.353

15

0.223

Primary tumor

Wnt3a

30

0.498

13

0.493

 

Wnt5a

34

0.506

12

0.062

 

β-catenin

39

0.277

18

0.470

 

MMP-9

26

0.584

10

0.238

 

VEGFR-2

15

0.196

9

0.385

Adjacent mesenchyme

Wnt3a

18

0.498

11

0.151

Wnt5a

29

0.298

15

0.412

β-catenin

36

0.453

15

0.347

MMP-9

25

0.510

12

0.533

VEGFR-2

13

0.431

5

0.494

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