Parameters
|
Group
|
No. Patients
|
Mean O.D ± S.D.
|
---|
Gal/GalNAc
|
I Normal
|
50
|
0.071 ± 0.044
|
|
II WDESCC
|
18
|
0.349 ± 0.131*
|
|
MDESCC
|
50
|
0.402 ± 0.169*
|
|
PDESCC
|
32
|
0.392 ± 0.171*
|
|
III WDESCC
|
11
|
0.319 ± 0.142*
|
|
MDESCC
|
47
|
0.411 ± 0.119*
|
|
PDESCC
|
25
|
0.319 ± 0.149*
|
- Gal/GalNAc – Galactose β-1, 3-α, N-acetyl galactosamine PNA/ELLA – Peanut Agglutinin/Enzyme Linked Lectin Assay ESCC – Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma OD – Optical Density Group I – Healthy volunteers Group II – Before therapy WDESCC – Well Differentiated Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma MDESCC – Moderately Differentiated Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma PDESCC – Poorly Differentiated Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Group III – After therapy * (P < 0.05) Significant of group II and III against group I