Table 1 SPARC protein expression of IPMNs
From: Multiple genes are hypermethylated in intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas
SPARC expression | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Minimal or absent | Present | Total | P-value | |
Histologic grade | ||||
Low grade | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.04* |
Moderate | 12 | 12 | 24 | |
High grade | 27 | 7 | 34 | |
Histologic subtype | ||||
Pancreatobiliary | 22 | 14 | 36 | 0.86 |
Intestinal | 14 | 6 | 20 | |
Gastric | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
Oncocytic | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Unclassified | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Location | ||||
Main duct | 27 | 10 | 37 | 0.36 |
Branch duct | 9 | 9 | 18 | |
Combined | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
Unknown | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
