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Table 1 Associations between nuclear ERK expression and clinicopathological parameters in 55 patients with colorectal carcinoma.

From: ERK/pERK expression and B-raf mutations in colon adenocarcinomas: correlation with clinicopathological characteristics

Variables

 

ERK nuclear

ERK cytoplasmic expression

 

N

Low expression group (< 15%)

High expression group (≥15%)

p-value

Low expression group (< 50%)

High expression group (≥50%)

p-value

Gender

       

Male

33

16

17

0.99

7

26

0.235

Female

22

10

12

 

8

14

 

TNM stage

       

I

4

0

4

0.049

2

2

0.298

II-IV

51

26

25

 

13

38

 

Grade

       

I

23

20

25

> 0.10

10

33

0.404

II/III

8

4

4

 

3

5

 

Tumor location

       

Right colon

30

17

13

 

7

23

0.551

Left colon

25

9

16

0.99

8

17

 
  

Median (range)

Median (range)

 

Median (range)

Median (range)

 

Age (years)

55

66.5 (51-77)

61 (35-83)

0.5562

59 (56-76)

66.5 (35-83)

0.5622

  1. Results of Fisher's exact test.
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World Journal of Surgical Oncology

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