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Table 5 Numerical distribution and statistical significance of VEGFR-2/pVEGFR-2 correlations in tumor cells of CC tissue

From: The relevance of cell type- and tumor zone-specific VEGFR-2 activation in locally advanced colon cancer

VEGFR-2

pVEGFR-2Tyr1175

p-value

pVEGFR-2Tyr1214

p-value

+

−

(r)

+

−

(r)

Tumor center

+

30

14

NS

38

7

NS

-

23

16

 

27

10

 

Tumor budding

+

26

12

NS

38

1

0.017

-

20

11

 

24

6

(0.286)

  1. Positive tumoral expression of VEGFR-2 is positively correlated with positive tumoral VEGFR-2Tyr1214 expression in tumor budding regions. r = Spearman rank correlation coefficient. p < 0.05 was taken as statistically significant. NS, not significant