Expression and clinical significance of extracellular matrix protein 1 and vascular endothelial growth factor-C in lymphatic metastasis of human breast cancer

Table 11 LMVD with ECM1 and VEGF-C staining (LMV per 200× field of vision)

ECM1 staining	VEGF-C staining(Cancer tissues)			ECM1 staining	VEGF-C staining(Lymph nodes)
	-	+	P		-	+	P
-	3.67 ± 0.88(3)	7.43 ± 1.59(7)		-	2.20 ± 1.24(5)	17.0(1)
+	12.0 ± 3.44(5)	15.7 ± 2.45(26)	0.054	+	32.0(1)	9.75 ± 2.37(12)	0.025*

"+", "++" and "+++" for ECM1 or VEGF-C immunochemistry staining was all grouped together as "+"
* P < 0.05 is considered statistically significant
Within parenthesis: number of eligible cases. Abbreviation: LMVD: lymphatic microvessel density; LMV per 200× field of vision: lymphatic microvessel 200× field of vision

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