|
Factors
| |
CXCR4 expression
| |
p value
|
|---|
| | |
Negative
|
Positive
| |
|---|
|
Age
|
<45
|
10
|
11
|
0.4009
|
| | ≧45 |
12
|
23
| |
|
Sex
|
Male
|
4
|
3
|
0.4149
|
| |
Female
|
18
|
31
| |
|
Histology
|
Well Diff.
|
20
|
29
|
0.1989
|
| |
Follicular variant
|
2
|
2
| |
| |
Poorly Diff.
|
0
|
3
| |
|
Tumor size
|
pT1
|
1
|
6
|
0.1585
|
| |
pT2
|
16
|
21
| |
| |
pT3
|
3
|
1
| |
| |
pT4
|
2
|
6
| |
|
Lymph node Metastasis
|
pN0
|
10
|
4
|
0.0116
|
| |
pN1a
|
3
|
12
| |
| |
pN1b
|
9
|
18
| |
|
Nitrotyrosine Levels
|
Low grade
|
19
|
8
|
<0.001
|
| |
High grade
|
3
|
26
| |
- *Tumor size, lymph node metastasis, and distant metastasis were classified according to the TNM classification of the UICC, 2002
- *Fisher's exact test was used to examine the association between CXCR4 expression and covariates.
- *Diff.: Differentiated
