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Table 1 CCR7 expression and clinicopathological characteristics of 105 consecutive patients and exclusively pT1 patients

From: CC-Chemokine receptor CCR7: a key molecule for lymph node metastasis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

 

All patients (n = 105) (%)

pT1 patients (n = 61) (%)

 

CCR7(+)

CCR7(-)

p

CCR7(+)

CCR7(-)

p

n = 28 (27)

n = 77 (73)

 

n = 17 (28)

n = 44 (72)

Age (mean ± SD)

62.3 ± 8.5

59.2 ± 7.2

0.070c

59.9 ± 7.4

60.0 ± 7.6

0.995c

Gender

      

Male

26

70

1.000a

15

39

1.000a

Female

2

7

2

5

Histological grade

      

1/2

26

69

1.000a

13

41

0.087a

3

2

8

4

3

Pathological T

      

T1/T2

16

41

0.894b

T1a 1

12

0.088a

T3/T4a

12

36

T1b 16

32

Pathological N

      

Negative

5

32

0.037a

6

30

0.040b

Positive

23

45

11

14

UICC/AJCC stage

      

I/II

11

41

0.296b

14

31

0.519a

III

17

36

3

13

Lymphatic invasion

      

Absent

2

16

0.144a

4

24

0.044a

Present

26

61

13

20

Vessel invasion

      

Absent

10

44

0.085b

10

38

0.045b

Present

18

33

7

6

  1. SD: standard deviation.
  2. a: Fisher’s exact probability test, b: Pearson’s χ-square test, c: Student’s t-test.