highly significantp < 0.009
Strikingly, E-CAD protein expression was a highly significant prognosticator of OC patients at the advanced-stages (III, IV) ( p < 0.009, log-rank ) ( Figure 3 ).
Strikingly, E-CAD protein expression was a highly significant prognosticator of OC patients at the advanced-stages (III, IV) ( p < 0.009, log-rank ) ( Figure 3 ).
Results: E-CAD protein expression was significantly correlated with OC histological subtype (p < 0.0001), while borderline significant correlations were observed with both tumor grade (p = 0.06) and stage (p = 0.07).
However, a clear trend of less recurrence is observed in patients with E-CAD expression compared to those with no E-CAD expression ( Figure 2A , Figure 3A ) 4.
Kaplan-Meier Survival analysis performed on the whole patients’ cohort showed that OC patients with higher membranous E-CAD expression showed a trend of longer survivals than those with no E-CAD expression ( Figure 2A and B).