From: Primary small cell carcinoma of the esophagus: clinicopathological study of 44 cases
 | Lgr5 expression |  | |
---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | Low or none No. cases | High No. cases | Chi-square test P-value |
Gender | Â | Â | .601 |
male | 18 | 15 | Â |
female | 5 | 6 | Â |
Age | Â | Â | .241 |
>60 | 6 | 9 | Â |
<=60 | 17 | 12 | Â |
Tumor length(39 available) | Â | Â | .256 |
> = 5 cm | 9 | 12 |  |
<5Â cm | 11 | 7 | Â |
Tumor location | Â | Â | .721 |
Upper thoracic segment | 3 | 4 | Â |
Middle thoracic segment | 11 | 11 | Â |
Lower thoracic segment | 9 | 6 | Â |
AJCC stage(43 available) | Â | Â | .003 |
I/II | 15 | 4 | Â |
III/IV | 8 | 16 | Â |
T classification(40 available) | Â | Â | .206 |
T < =2 | 12 | 8 |  |
T > 2 | 8 | 12 |  |
N classification(42 available) | Â | Â | .003 |
N0 | 13 | 3 | Â |
N+ | 9 | 17 | Â |
M classification(43 available) | Â | Â | .329 |
M0 | 19 | 14 | Â |
M1 | 4 | 6 | Â |
Chemotherapy response(19 available) | Â | Â | .013 |
Reached CR/PR | 5 | 1 | Â |
Did not reach CR/PR | 3 | 10 | Â |