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Table 2 Correlation between disease recurrence and CD44s expression in patients with ampullary adenocarcinoma who underwent radical resection

From: Dual role of CD44 isoforms in ampullary adenocarcinoma: CD44s predicts poor prognosis in early cancer and CD44ν is an indicator for recurrence in advanced cancer

 

Extent of CD44s expression

P-value

 

Negative or weak (< 25 %)a (n = 53)

Moderate or dense (≥ 25 %)a (n = 41)

Liver metastasis

16 (30 %)

9 (22 %)

0.481

Locoregional recurrence

20 (38 %)

14 (34 %)

1.000

Peritoneal carcinomatosis

7 (13 %)

4 (10 %)

0.754

Bone metastasis

9 (17 %)

1 (2 %)

0.039

Other metastasis b

7 (13 %)

4 (10 %)

0.752

Total a,c

35 (66 %)

25 (61 %)

0.668

  1. aExcludes three patients who died due to surgical complications and one patient with stage IV disease during surgery
  2. bIncluding brain, lung, and ovary metastases
  3. cSome patients developed more than one kind of metastases
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