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Table 2 Clinico-pathological patient characteristics on the basis of the TNM status (according to the UICC Classification of Malignant Tumors). Given are the total number of patients and the percentage (%)

From: Cytoplasmic TRAIL-R1 is a positive prognostic marker in PDAC

Feature

n

%

T – category

 T1

0

0.0

 T2

3

2.8

 T3

94

88.7

 T4

9

8.5

N - category

 N0

22

20.8

 N1

84

79.2

 NX

0

0.0

M - category

 M0

69

65.1

 M1

11

10.4

 MX

26

24.5

Venous invasion

 V0

79

74.5

 V1

19

17.9

 V2

3

2.8

 VX

5

4.7

Perineural invasion

 Pn0

39

36.8

 Pn1

59

55.7

 PnX

8

7.5

Lymphatic invasion

 L0

30

28.3

 L1

71

67.0

 LX

5

4.7

R - status

 R0

74

69.8

 R1

28

26.4

 R2

2

1.9

 RX

2

1.9

Histopathological grading

 G1

11

10.4

 G2

59

55.7

 G3

35

33.0

 G4

1

0.9

  1. T1: Tumor < 2 cm within pancreas; T2: > 2 cm, T3 over pancreas without infiltration of A. mes. Sup. or Truncus coeliacus, T4: vessel infiltration