Research Article
Upregulation of ECT2 Predicts Adverse Clinical Outcomes and Increases 5-Fluorouracil Resistance in Gastric Cancer Patients
Table 1
Relationship between ECT2 expression and clinic-pathological characteristics of GC patients.
| Characteristics | Cases | ECT2 | value | High | Low |
| Age (years) | | 0.083 | ≥55 | 30 | 18 | 12 | <55 | 36 | 30 | 6 |
| Gender | | 0.124 | Male | 38 | 28 | 10 | Female | 28 | 20 | 8 |
| Tumor size (mm) | | 0.095 | ≤5.0 | 26 | 18 | 8 | >5.0 | 40 | 30 | 10 |
| Differentiation | | 0.064 | Well/moderate | 22 | 16 | 6 | Poor | 44 | 32 | 12 |
| Lymph node metastasis | | 0.042 | Yes | 42 | 30 | 12 | No | 24 | 18 | 6 |
| TNM stage | | 0.024 | I-II | 22 | 15 | 7 | III-IV | 44 | 33 | 22 |
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