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World J Gastroenterol. May 28, 2019; 25(20): 2489-2502
Published online May 28, 2019. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v25.i20.2489
Published online May 28, 2019. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v25.i20.2489
Table 1 Comparison of characteristics between colorectal cancer patients with and without lymphovascular invasion
| Characteristic | LVI, n = 150 | Non-LVI, n = 1069 | P value |
| No. of patients (%) | No. of patients (%) | ||
| Gender | |||
| Male | 93 (62.0) | 621 (58.1) | |
| Female | 57 (38.0) | 448 (41.9) | 0.377 |
| Age in yr | |||
| ≤ 65 | 87 (58.0) | 629 (58.8) | |
| > 65 | 63 (42.0) | 440 (41.2) | 0.860 |
| Tumor site | |||
| Colon | 72 (48.0) | 497 (46.5) | |
| Rectum | 78 (52.0) | 572 (53.5) | 0.793 |
| Histological differentiation | |||
| Well/moderately | 79 (52.7) | 815 (76.2) | |
| Poorly/mucinous | 71 (47.3) | 254 (23.8) | < 0.001 |
| TNM stage | |||
| I | 12 (8.0) | 207 (19.4) | |
| II | 30 (20.0) | 368 (34.4) | |
| III | 64 (42.7) | 358 (33.5) | |
| IV | 44 (29.3) | 136 (12.7) | < 0.001 |
- Citation: Jiang HH, Zhang ZY, Wang XY, Tang X, Liu HL, Wang AL, Li HG, Tang EJ, Lin MB. Prognostic significance of lymphovascular invasion in colorectal cancer and its association with genomic alterations. World J Gastroenterol 2019; 25(20): 2489-2502
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v25/i20/2489.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v25.i20.2489