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Table 2 Correlation between expression of tumor markers and clinical factors

From: Prognostic value of expression of molecular markers in adenoid cystic cancer of the salivary glands compared with lymph node metastasis: a retrospective study

 

c-kit

EGFR

VEGF

Clinical factor

 

0, 1+

2+, 3+

P

0

1+, 2+

P

0, 1+

2+, 3+

P

Sex

Male

12

7

0.312

9

10

0.683

6

13

0.493

 

Female

14

5

 

12

17

 

12

17

 

Site

Submandibular gland

5

7

0.149

6

6

0.53

1

11

0.032

 

Parotid gland

8

10

 

6

12

 

7

11

 
 

Minor salivary gland

13

5

 

9

9

 

10

8

 

Histology

Tubular

1

1

0.961

0

2

0.633

0

2

0.8

 

Cribriform

9

9

 

7

11

 

7

11

 
 

Solid

4

3

 

4

3

 

2

5

 
 

Indeterminate

12

9

 

10

11

 

9

12

 

Perineural invasion

Negative

15

11

0.594

12

14

0.715

8

18

0.295

 

Positive

11

11

 

9

13

 

10

12

 

Resection margin

Negative

13

8

0.343

7

14

0.199

11

10

0.02

 

Positive

13

14

 

14

13

 

7

20

 

Lymph node involvement

Negative

24

18

0.392

17

4

0.383

16

26

1

 

Positive

2

4

 

25

2

 

2

4

 
  1. EGFR, epidermal growth factor receptor; VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor.
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World Journal of Surgical Oncology

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