Table 2 βcatenin expression in different histologic subtypes of germ cell tumors
Histologic subtype | Expression of βcatenin | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | Median | Interquartile range | p-value | Low | High | p-value | |||
N | % | N | % | ||||||
Seminoma | 83 | 5 | 50 | NA | 81 | 97.6 | 2 | 2.4 | NA |
GCNIS | 73 | 200 | 100 | < 0.001 | 35 | 48.0 | 38 | 52.9 | < 0.001 |
Embryonal carcinoma | 134 | 200 | 100 | < 0.001 | 63 | 47.0 | 71 | 53.0 | < 0.001 |
Yolk sac tumor | 31 | 200 | 0 | < 0.001 | 7 | 22.6 | 24 | 77.4 | < 0.001 |
Choriocarcinoma | 13 | 100 | 165 | < 0.001 | 7 | 53.8 | 6 | 46.2 | < 0.001 |
Teratoma | 58 | 100 | 173 | < 0.001 | 32 | 55.2 | 26 | 44.8 | < 0.001 |