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Table 2 Staining of Snail1 protein in ovarian tumours

From: Nuclear expression of Snail1 in borderline and malignant epithelial ovarian tumours is associated with tumour progression

Tissue

Nucleusb

Cytoplasmc

Total

Benign

   

   Epithelium

0 (0)

19 (90)

21 (100)

   Stromaa

0 (0)

-

21 (100)

Borderline

   

   Epithelium

2 (8)

20 (83)

24 (100)

   Stromaa

3 (13)

-

24 (100)

Carcinoma

   

   Epithelium

17 (23)

32 (43)

74 (100)

   Stromaa

18 (24)

-

74 (100)

  1. Values are n (%).
  2. aFibroblast-like fusiform cells
  3. bEpithelial nuclei p = 0.006 and stromal nuclei p = 0.007, chi-squared test for trend in proportions.
  4. cEpithelial cell cytoplasm p < 0.001, chi-squared test for trend in proportions.
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