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Table 3 Correlation of Lateral lymphatic flows in combination of tumor location and tumor depth in patients with rectal cancer

From: Utility of the sentinel node concept for detection of lateral pelvic lymph node metastasis in lower rectal cancer

Tumor depth

  

upper-middle (n = 22)

 

lower (n = 36)

P-value

clinical

T1

(n = 14)

0 (0/7)

0 (0/7)

0.0074

T2–4

(n = 44)

13.3% (2/15)

37.9% (11/29)

 

pathological

T1

(n = 18)

0 (0/8)

10% (1/10)

0.0032

T2–4

(n = 40)

14.3% (2/14)

38.5% (10/26)