Table 1

UnivariateAnalysis of Various Prognostic Factors for All 113 Patients

Clinical variables and tumour markersPositive result, no. (and %)p value
Sex, M/F68/450.16
Mean (and SD) age, yr66 (8.7)0.96
Aneuploidy58 (51.3)0.15
L26 antibody65 (57.5)0.04
MT1 antibody69 (61.1)0.42
S100 protein7 (6.2)0.45
Keratin60 (53.1)0.69
CEA95 (84.1)0.28
Cytokeratin101 (89.4)0.71
Vimentin3 (2.6)0.90
Chromogranin6 (5.3)0.18
  • CEA = carcinoembryonic antigen.