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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 14, 2018; 24(22): 2400-2405
Published online Jun 14, 2018. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v24.i22.2400
Published online Jun 14, 2018. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v24.i22.2400
Table 1 Demographic and tumor characteristics for stage III pancreatic cancer patients n (%)
| Characteristics | Number of patients | ||
| T(1-3)N2 (n = 1526) | T4N(0-1) (n = 138) | T4N2 (n = 80) | |
| Age | |||
| 18-59 | 496 (32.5) | 44 (31.9) | 32 (40) |
| 60-79 | 932 (61.1) | 84 (60.9) | 41 (51.2) |
| > 80 | 98 (6.4) | 10 (7.2) | 7 (8.8) |
| Race | |||
| White | 1295 (84.8) | 110 (79.7) | 64 (80) |
| Black | 131 (8.6) | 16 (11.6) | 7 (8.8) |
| Others | 100 (6.6) | 12 (8.7) | 9 (11.2) |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 809 (53.0) | 72 (52.2) | 39 (48.8) |
| Female | 717 (47.0) | 66 (47.8) | 41 (51.2) |
| Grade | |||
| I | 125 (8.2) | 17 (12.3) | 10 (12.5) |
| II | 691 (45.2) | 63 (45.7) | 32 (40) |
| III | 627 (41.1) | 42 (30.4) | 29 (36.3) |
| IV | 13 (0.9) | 0 (0) | 2 (2.5) |
| Unknown | 70 (4.6) | 16 (11.6) | 7 (8.7) |
| Marital status | |||
| Single | 504 (33.0) | 43 (31.1) | 29 (36.3) |
| Married | 987 (64.7) | 91 (66.0) | 49 (61.2) |
| Unknown | 35 (2.3) | 4 (2.9) | 2 (2.5) |
| Primary site | |||
| Head of pancreas | 1266 (83.0) | 87 (63.0) | 62 (77.5) |
| Other parts of pancreas | 260 (17.0) | 51 (37.0) | 18 (22.5) |
| Histology | |||
| Adenomas and adenocarcinomas | 809 (53.0) | 74 (53.6) | 39 (48.8) |
| Ductal and lobular neoplasms | 625 (41.0) | 48 (34.8) | 30 (37.5) |
| Others | 92 (6.0) | 16 (11.6) | 11 (13.7) |
- Citation: Yu HF, Zhao BQ, Li YC, Fu J, Jiang W, Xu RW, Yang HC, Zhang XJ. Stage III should be subclassified into Stage IIIA and IIIB in the American Joint Committee on Cancer (8th Edition) staging system for pancreatic cancer. World J Gastroenterol 2018; 24(22): 2400-2405
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v24/i22/2400.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v24.i22.2400