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Table 1 DEK protein expression in gastric cancers

From: High expression of DEK predicts poor prognosis of gastric adenocarcinoma

Diagnosis

No. of cases

DEK expression

Positive rate (%)

Strongly positive rate (%)

  

- + ++ +++

  

Gastric cancers

172

51 17 67 37

70.3%**

60.5%**

Dysplasia

36

21 8 7 0

41.7%**

19.4%**

Normal

27

22 5 0 0

18.5%

0

  1. **P < 0.01, compared with normal mucosa and dysplasia of gastric. Dysplasia: gastric dysplasia; Cancer: gastric cancer; Positive rate: percentage of positive cases with ‘+’, ‘++’, and ‘+++’ staining score; Strongly positive rate: percentage of positive cases with ‘++’ and ‘+++’ staining score.