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Table 3 Correlation between Puma expression and the clinicopathologic characteristics of 135 resectedNon-small cell lung cancers

From: Expression of Bim, Noxa, and Puma in non-small cell lung cancer

 

No. of Patients

 

Characteristics

low

high

p

Age

<65

34

31

0.81

≥65

42

28

 

Sex

Men

51

40

0.93

Women

25

19

 

Smoker

Never

21

17

0.88

Smoker

55

42

 

Histology

Adeno

45

29

0.06

Squamous

30

24

 

Other1

1

6

 

pT2

T1

23

15

0.50

T2-4

53

44

 

pN3

N0

49

42

0.47

N1-3

27

17

 

pStage4

I

42

41

0.09

II-IV

34

18

 

Differentiation

Moderate/Poor

53

40

0.81

Well

23

19

 
  1. 1Other: adenosquamous cell carcinoma and large cell carcinoma.
  2. 2pT: pathological tumor classifications.
  3. 3pN: pathological nodal classifications.
  4. 4pStage: pathological disease stage.
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