Brief Article
Copyright ©2011 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Mar 7, 2011; 17(9): 1192-1198
Published online Mar 7, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i9.1192
Table 1 Relation between clinicopathological features and immunohistochemical staining of CD133 in cholangiocarcinoma specimens
VariableTotal(n = 34)CD133 expression
P-value
WeakStrong
Age
< 60187110.477
> 6016412
Sex
Male228140.705
Female1239
Tumor differentiation
Well177100.465
Moderate/poor17413
Node
Negative16970.0091
Positive18216
Distant metastasis
Negative2410140.113
Positive1019
Surgical resection margin2
R02010100.0111
R1, R214113
Location of tumor
Perihilar12390.705
Intrahepatic22814
Neurovascular invasion3
Positive15870.210
Negative927
Table 2 Survival analysis on clinicopathological parameters by Cox’s multivariate model
VariablesP-valueHazard ratio95% CI
Lower limitUpper limit
Tumor differentiation0.570.770.321.86
Lymph node metastasis0.811.150.363.66
Distant metastasis0.971.030.224.53
Neurovascular invasion0.331.480.673.26
CD133 expression0.350.530.142.02
Surgical resection status0.0414.091.0615.72