PTEN mRNA expression is less pronounced in left- than right-sided colon cancer: a retrospective observational study

Table 3 Correlation between mRNA levels in primary tumors and liver

Gene symbol	Spearman rank-order correlation coefficient (Rs)	p-value
AREG	0.31	0.023*
EREG	0.42	0.0022*
BTC	0.16	0.27
EGF	0.38	0.0057*
EGFR	0.46	0.0007*
ERBB2	0.55	<0.0001*
ERBB3	0.28	0.044*
ERBB4	0.11	0.42
HBEGF	0.34	0.014*
HGF	0.41	0.0023*
MET	0.47	0.0005*
IGF	0.23	0.094
IGF1R	0.61	<0.0001*
IGF2	0.051	0.72
IGF2R	0.65	<0.0001*
MST1	0.054	0.70
MST1R	0.37	0.0069*
PTEN	0.48	0.0003*
TGFA	0.55	<0.0001*

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