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Table 2 Associations between nuclear and cytoplasmic pERK expression and clinicopathological parameters in 45 patients with colorectal carcinoma.

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

  

pERK nuclear LI

pERK cytoplasmic LI

 

N

Median

Range

P value

Median

Range

P value

Gender

       

Male

24

1

0-15

 

0

0-10

 

Female

21

1

0-20

0.6999

0

0-15

0.9518

Histological grade

       

I

4

0

0-0

 

0

0-0

 

II/III

41

1

0-20

0.0113

0

0-15

0.2504

TNM stage

       

I

5

0

0-10

 

0

0-0

 

II-IV

40

 

0-20

0.0952

0

0-15

0.1873

Tumor location

       

Right colon

33

1

0-20

 

1

0-20

 

Left colon

12

1

0-10

0.3941

5

0-10

0.4452

Age (years)

45

R = 0.3941, p = 0.5687

R = 0.3153, p = 0.1529

  1. Results of Mann Whitney U test.
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World Journal of Surgical Oncology

ISSN: 1477-7819

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