Table 2.
Correlation between the level of PTEN protein expression in HCC tissues and the clinicopathological parameters of HCC patients
| Clinicopathological parameters | Cases (60) | Level of PTEN protein expression (percent of patient PTEN positive)and its corresponding χ2 value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| −(%) | +(%) | ++(%) | |||||
| Presence of tumor thrombus | |||||||
| Negative | 45 | 20(44.44) | 3.86 P<0.05 | 17(37.78) | 3.11 P>0.05 | 8(17.78) | 0.16 P>0.05 |
| Positive | 15 | 11(73.33) | 2(31.25) | 2(13.33) | |||
| Pathological grading | |||||||
| I–II | 25 | 4(16.00) | 21.85 P<0.01 | 12(48.00) | 5.31 P>0.05 | 9(36.00) | 11.67 P<0.01 |
| III | 21 | 16(76.20) | 4(19.00) | 1(4.80) | |||
| IV | 14 | 11(78.60) | 3(21.40) | 0(0.0) | |||