BCL2 and gastric linitis plastica: The expression of Bcl-2 was most frequent in patients with the ulcerated type with sharply demarcated margins according to Bormann (type II), completely missing in patients with the polyp type (type I), and moderate in those with ulcerated infiltrative type (type III) and “linitis plastica” (type IV) (15/21; 71.4% versus 0/7; 0.00% versus 26/45; 57.8% versus 8/15; 53.3%, P < 0.05).