Table 1 Expression of plectin in the whole cohort, the N0, T1 and T1N0 patients at time of diagnosis. The number of patients with a 5 year disease specific death (DSD) is given in numbers and also as percentage of total in each group of total in each group

N (% of total)

55

56

5-year DSD

19 (35 %)

25 (45 %)

0.198

N (% of total)

36

32

5-year DSD

5 (14 %)

13 (41 %)

0.008*

N (% of total)

23

16

5-year DSD

2 (9 %)

6 (38 %)

0.031*

N (% of total)

19

9

5-year DSD

0

4 (44 %)

<0.001*