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Clinicopathological Characteristics as Predictive Factrs for Lymph Node Metastasis in Submucosal Gastric Cancer

Caigang Liu, Ping Lu, Yang Lu, Lua Li, Ruishan Zhang, Huimian Xu, Shubao Wang and Junqing Chen
Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology August 2007, 4 (4) 237-240; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11805-007-0237-y

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  • Table 1.

    Univariate analysis of potential risk characteristics for lymph node metastasis (cases).

    Lymph node metastasis positive rate (%)P
    SexNS
        Male21.05 (20/95)
        Female28.57 (10/35)
    AgeNS
        ≤ 60 years25.64 (20/78)
        > 60 years23.81 (10/52)
    Family medical historyNS
        Positive47.37 (9/28)
        Negative19.23 (21/102)
    History of past illnessNS
        Positive22 (11/50)
        Negative23.75 (19/80)
    Number of tumorsNS
        Single24.39 (30/123)
        Multitude0 ( 0/7)
    Tumor locationNS
        Upper third14.29 (1/7)
        Middle third30.43 (7/23)
        Lower third22 (22/100)
    Tumor size0.003
        ≤ 2 cm3.45 (1/29)
        > 2 cm28.71 (29/101)
    Macroscopic typeNS
        I50 (1/2)
        II25.32 (20/79)
        III18.37 (9/49)
    Histologic type0.009
        Differentiated12.90 (8/62)
        Undifferentiated32.35 (22/68)
    Growth patternNS
        Massive23.33 (7/30)
        Nest12.77 (6/47)
        Diffuse18.87 (10/53)

    • NS, not significant

  • Table 2.

    Multivariate analysis of potential risk factors for lymph node metastasis.

    Variables*Odds ratio95% Confidence intervalP
    Tumor size (<2 cm or ≤2 cm)9.4981.214~74.3350.032
    Histologic type (differentiated or undifferentiated)2.9221.135~7.5240.026

    • ↵* Significant factors identified by univariate analysis were included in the multivariate analysis.

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