Table 2 Distribution of marker expression in tumor and stroma, distinguishing between 4 different expression groups such as 0 = no expression, 1+ low expression, 2+ intermediate expression, 3+ strong expression
n = 84 | SOX9 | SOX9 | SLUG | SLUG | SOX10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(pre) | Tumor | Stroma | Tumor | Stroma | Tumor |
pre 0 | 11 | 65 | 15 | 3 | 5 |
(13%) | (77%) | (18%) | (3%) | (6%) | |
pre 1+ | 15 | 8 | 35 | 8 | 15 |
(18%) | (10%) | (41%) | (10%) | (18%) | |
pre 2+ | 35 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 32 |
(41%) | (8%) | (36%) | (30%) | (38%) | |
pre 3+ | 23 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 32 |
(28%) | (5%) | (5%) | (57%) | (38%) | |
n = 82 | |||||
(post) | |||||
post 0 | 10 | 65 | 40 | 8 | 7 |
(12%) | (79%) | (49%) | (10%) | (55) | |
post 1+ | 22 | 14 | 24 | 27 | 22 |
(26%) | (17%) | (29%) | (33%) | (26%) | |
post 2+ | 35 | 3 | 18 | 44 | 27 |
(42%) | (3%) | (22%) | (54%) | (33%) | |
post 3+ | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 28 |
(20%) | (1%) | (0%) | (3%) | (34%) |