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Table 3 The relationship between clinical pathological features of advanced cervical cancer and CILN and/or PALN metastasis

From: Assessment of retroperitoneal lymph node status in locally advanced cervical cancer

Factors

Case

Post-operation CILN and/or PALN

χ2value

P value

Positive

Negative

Clinical stages

 IB2 stage

12

5

7

  

 IIA2 - IIB stage

51

15

36

0.700

0.705

 IIIA - IIIB stage

33

10

23

  

Pathological type

 Squamous cell carcinoma

86

21

65

15.011

0.000

 Non-Squamous cell carcinoma

10

9

1

Tumor diameter (cm)

  ≤ 4

33

11

22

0.102

0.750

 > 4

63

19

44

SCC-Ag (ng/mL)

  ≥ 5.2

39

14

25

3.653

0.056

 < 5.2

31

4

27

CT indicates PLN MAD (cm)a

 < 0.5

7

1

6

1.315

0.518

 0.5–0.9

34

5

29

  ≥ 1.0

36

9

27

CT indicates PLN MAD 0.5–1.0 cm (number) a

 1

24

4

20

1.000

  ≥ 2

10

1

9

CT indicates PLN MAD ≥1.0 cm (number)a

 1

26

3

23

9.046

0.003

  ≥ 2

10

6

4

CT indicates one PLN MAD ≥1.0 cm ± MAD 0.5–1.0 cm CILN and/or PALN

 Yes

3

3

0

_

0.005

 No

26

3

23

  1. CILN common iliac lymph node, PALN para-aortic lymph node, PLN pelvic lymph node, SCC-Ag squamous cell carcinoma antigen, CT computed tomography, MAD minimum axial diameter. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. a Did not include patients whose CT showed CILN and/or PALN MAD≥0.5 cm