The prognostic role of EZH2 expression in rectal cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy

Radiation Oncology

Table 1 Correlations between EZH 2 expression and clinicopathological parameters

Clinicopathological parameters	Cases n = 112	EZH 2 expression		p
Clinicopathological parameters	Cases n = 112	Low	High	value
Gender
Male	71	32	39	0.530
Female	41	21	20
Age(years)
<62	49	26	23	0.283
≥62	63	27	36
Histology
Differentiated	64	36	28	0.029
Undifferentiated	48	17	31
CEA(ng/ml)
<3.4	52	30	22	0.041
≥3.4	60	23	37
Distance from anal verge (cm)
<6	39	20	19	0.539
≥6	73	33	40
Clinical Tumor status
cT3	62	36	26	0.011
cT4	50	17	33
Clinical Node status
cN0	38	23	15	0.045
cN+	74	30	44
Ki-67
Low	56	42	14	<0.001
High	56	11	45

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