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Table 1 Nodal metastasis, including nicrometastasis/ITC and clinical and/or pathological findings

From: Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-C in preoperative biopsy specimens and metastatic foci of regional lymph nodes in submucosal gastric carcinoma

 

Patients with lymph node metastasis

 

positive(15)

negative(31)

p value

Age

   

60<

6

16

 

<59

9

15

0.46

Sex

   

Male

11

22

 

Female

4

9

0.87

Tumor size (cm)

   

3.0<

11

19

 

2.9>

4

12

0.42

Macroscopic type

   

elevated

2

1

 

depressed

13

30

0.19

Depth of invasion

   

sm1

3

18

 

sm2,3

12

13

0.02

Histological type

   

differentiated

8

14

 

undifferentiated

7

17

0.6

Lymphatic involvement

   

positive

4

2

 

negative

11

29

0.05

Venous involvement

   

positive

2

2

 

negative

13

29

0.44