Table 1 Relationship of RON expression to pathology parameters
RON | RON | Χ2 | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
(+) (%) | (-) | |||
Invasive Depth | ||||
Early gastric cancer | 5 (29.4) | 12 | ||
Infiltrated to muscular layer | 15 (51.7) | 14 | 7.795 | p = 0.019 |
Infiltrated to serous membrane | 35 (67.3) | 17 | ||
TNM Stage | ||||
Stage | 14 (35.0) | 26 | 12.245 | p = 0.001 |
Stage | 41 (70.7) | 17 | ||
Metastases to Lymph Nodes | ||||
N0 | 11 (37.9) | 18 | ||
N1–3 | 44 (63.8) | 25 | 5.535 | p = 0.019 |
Borrmann Grade | ||||
I/II group | 14 (53.8) | 12 | ||
III/IV group | 35 (63.6) | 20 | 0.708 | p = 0.400 |
Others | 6 | 11 | ||
Histology Grade | ||||
Moderately & highly differentiated | 9 (39.1) | 14 | 1.577 | p = 0.209 |
Less differentiated * | 39 (54.2) | 33 | ||
Others** | 0 | 3 | ||
Distant Metastasis | ||||
M0 | 40 (52.6) | 36 | 1.675 | p = 0.196 |
M1 | 15 (68.2) | 7 |