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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 15, 2004; 10(22): 3369-3373
Published online Nov 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i22.3369
Published online Nov 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i22.3369
Table 1 Size of lymph nodes (LNs) and status of tumor metastases and micrometastases
Table 2 Clinicopathological features of five recurrent patients with lower rectal cancer
Case No. | Sex | Age (yr) | Characteristics of tumor | No. of LNs | Site of recurrence | Outcome | |||
Differentiation | Invasion | Total | M | MM | |||||
1 | Female | 35 | Well | Muscle | 15 | 3 | 2 | Lung | Surviving |
2 | Female | 65 | Poor | Serosa | 22 | 22 | 0 | Pelvis + liver | Dead |
3 | Male | 50 | Moderate | Muscle | 27 | 0 | 3 | Pelvis | Surviving |
4 | Male | 45 | Poor | Serosa | 30 | 17 | 4 | Pelvis | Dead |
5 | Male | 32 | Poor | Muscle | 21 | 5 | 5 | Pelvis | Surviving |
Table 3 Comparison of recurrence between patients with different nodal status
Variables | HE-positive | HE-negative | Total | ||
IHC-positive | IHC-negative | IHC-positive | IHC-negative | ||
No. of case | 13 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 30 |
Recurrence | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Recurrence rate (%) | 23.1 | 12.5 | 20 | 0 | 16.7 |
Table 4 Comparison of nodal status between recurrent and non-recurrent group
Grouping | LNs (mean ± SD) | Positive ratio (%) | |||
Total | HE-positive | IHC-positive | Sum of positive | ||
Recurrent group | 23.0 ± 5.8 | 9.4 ± 9.6 | 2.8 ± 1.9 | 12.2 ± 8.9 | 53.0 |
Non-recurrent group | 17.0 ± 8.2 | 2.6 ± 2.5 | 1.0 ± 1.2 | 3.6 ± 3.0 | 21.4 |
P | 0.135 | 0.003 | 0.01 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
- Citation: Zheng YC, Tang YY, Zhou ZG, Li L, Wang TC, Deng YL, Chen DY, Liu WP. Tumor micrometastases in mesorectal lymph nodes and their clinical significance in patients with rectal caner. World J Gastroenterol 2004; 10(22): 3369-3373
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v10/i22/3369.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v10.i22.3369