TABLE 1

FROM:

FAK overexpression is correlated with tumour invasiveness and lymph node metastasis in oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma

T Miyazaki, H Kato, M Nakajima, M Sohda, Y Fukai, N Masuda, R Manda, M Fukuchi, K Tsukada and H Kuwano

Table 1. Correlation between clinicopathological characteristics and FAK expression

		FAK(-)	FAK(+)
Parameters	Total	n=37	n=54	P-value
Age (means.d. years)	61.08.2	59.88.2	61.57.9	0.052
Gender	77	34	43
Male	14	3	11	0.11
Female
Differentiation
Well	23	13	10
Moderate	45	21	24
Poorly	23	3	20	0.0057
Location
Upper	12	6	6
Mid-thoracic	56	21	35
Lower	23	10	13	0.69
TNM clinical classification
T
T1	35	20	15
T2	13	8	5
T3	37	9	28
T4	6	0	6	0.0023
N
N0	37	21	16
N1	54	16	38	0.0097
M	75	32	43
M0	16	5	11	0.40
M1
Stage
I	24	15	9
II	28	13	5
III	23	4	19
IV	16	5	11	0.012
No. of lymph node metastasis (means.d.)		0.781.2	3.34.8	0.0026
Ki index (means.d.)	—	37.816.7	42.416.0	0.18
Total	91	37	54

 FAK(+)=FAK overexpression (+); FAK(-)=FAK overxpression (-); s.d.=standard deviation.