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Table 1 Correlation of Lutheran expression and biological indicators of human urinary tract cancer

From: The role of Lutheran/basal cell adhesion molecule in human bladder carcinogenesis

Indicators

Positive

Negative

P value

Low (+)

High (++)b

Histological grade

   

0.12

 Grade I

1

0

0

 

 Grade II

6

4

19

 

 Grade III

14

1

15

 

Tumor shape

   

0.26

 Papillary

10

4

14

 

 Non-papillary

10

1

20

 

 NAa

1

0

0

 

Tumor size

   

0.07

 ≤ 1 cm

0

1

2

 

  > 1 to ≤ 3 cm

6

0

15

 

  > 3 to ≤ 5 cm

7

4

9

 

  > 5 cm

7

0

7

 

 N/A

1

0

1

 

Multiplicity

   

0.75

 Single

13

4

22

 

 Multiple

8

1

12

 

Stage(TNM staging system)

   

.02#

 pTa

2

3

8

 

 pT1

10

1

8

 

 pT2

1

0

10

 

 pT3–4

3

1

2

 

 pN+

2

0

6

 

 M+

3

0

0

 
  1. a N/A not applicable; # p < 0.05
  2. b High level of expression indicates >50% of the tumor cells were immunostained. Low level of expression indicates 10%–50% reactivity; and “negative” indicates <10% staining for Lu protein. A total of 60 cases were analyzed