borderline significantP = 0.070
HSP-27 intensity of staining was significantly associated with lymph node positivity (pN, P = 0.042), while with patients' age was borderline significant (P = 0.070) (Table 1 ).
HSP-27 intensity of staining was significantly associated with lymph node positivity (pN, P = 0.042), while with patients' age was borderline significant (P = 0.070) (Table 1 ).
Furthermore, we found that patients with diffuse type of gastric cancer were characterized by shorter survival times when compared with those with intestinal type; however, this difference did not reach statistical significance (log-rank test, p = 0.083, data not shown).
Moreover, HSP-90 expression and intensity of immunostaining showed a trend to be associated with overall survival times in intestinal type, but not in diffuse type gastric cancer cases.