Table 2 Clinicopathological features of significance ExCLNI
From: Evaluation of extra capsular lymph node involvement in patients with extra-hepatic bile duct cancer
Patients with lymph nodal metastasis (N = 79) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive ExCLNI N = 17 | Negative ExCLNI N = 62 | P Vale | ||
Age(years) | ≦70 | 11 | 33 | 0.426 |
>70 | 6 | 29 | ||
Gender | Male | 13 | 40 | 0.4 |
Female | 4 | 22 | ||
pT Factor | T1-2 | 2 | 23 | 0.405 |
T3-4 | 15 | 39 | ||
Perineural invasion | Present | 17 | 55 | 0.336 |
Absent | 0 | 7 | ||
Vascular invasion | Present | 6 | 11 | 0.102 |
Absent | 11 | 55 | ||
Tumor location | Hilar | 3 | 38 | 0.002 |
Distal | 14 | 24 | ||
Histological grade | G1 | 2 | 8 | 0.238 |
G2 | 13 | 41 | ||
G3 | 2 | 10 | ||
Others | 0 | 2 | ||
The number of metastatic LN | 3≧ | 9 | 18 | 0.086 |