Clinical significance of combined detection of human papilloma virus infection and human telomerase RNA component gene amplification in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus in northern China

Table 2 Relationship between clinical pathology and the human telomerase RNA component genes

Clinical data	Number of cases	Positive number	Percent positive	χ ²	P value^a
Gross morphology				1.567	0.667
Medullar	47	43	91.49
Fungating	28	24	85.71
Ulcerative	13	12	92.31
Constrictive	4	3	75.00
Degree of histology				1.188	0.552
High	26	23	88.46
Medium	49	45	91.84
Low	17	14	82.35
Invasion full-thickness				0.085	0.770
No	42	37	88.10
Yes	50	45	90.00
Lymph node metastasis				0.083	0.773
Yes	33	29	87.88
No	59	53	89.83

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