Table 1 Results of immunohistochemical staining of DEPTOR expression in tumorous (T) versus tumor-adjacent (TA) tissues from 51 HCC patients and the associations with their clinical and pathological characteristics.

Patients (n)

6 (11.8)

31 (60.8)

14 (27.5)

51

Age (years), mean ± SD

58.7 ± 18.0

60.0 ± 12.4

60.6 ± 15.0

60.0 ± 13.5

Sex

0.186

Female

3 (11.5)

18 (50.0)

4 (38.5)

26 (100)

Male

3 (12.0)

13 (72.0)

10 (16.0)

25 (100)

Cirrhosis

0.272

Negative

4 (12.9)

21 (67.7)

6 (19.4)

30 (100)

Positive

2 (10.0)

11 (50.0)

8 (40.0)

21 (100)

Viral infection^a

0.020

NBNC

5 (29.4)

11 (64.7)

1 (5.9)

17 (100)

HBV

0 (0.0)

9 (56.2)

7 (43.8)

16 (100)

HCV

1 (5.6)

11 (61.1)

6 (33.3)

18 (100)

Tumor type

0.236

Solitary

3 (8.3)

21 (58.3)

12 (33.4)

36 (100)

Multiple

3 (20.0)

10 (66.7)

2 (13.3)

15 (100)

Vascular invasion

0.328

Absent

1 (4.3)

15 (65.2)

7 (30.5)

23 (100)

Vein invasion or vein tumor thrombosis

5 (17.9)

16 (57.1)

7 (25.0)

28 (100)

TNM stage^b (AJCC and UICC, 7th

edition (46))

0.088

Early

0 (0.0)

14 (66.7)

7 (33.3)

21 (100)

Late

6 (20.0)

17 (56.7)

7 (23.3)

30 (100)