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Table 3 The location of tumor cells in metastatic nodes and VEGF-C expression in 15 node positive patients.

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

Case

VEGF-C expression

definition of metastasis**

Detection method*

location of tumor cells

 

biopsy specimens#

metastatic nodes

   

1

-

-

ITC

H.E.

marginal

2

-

+

macrometastasis

H.E.

medullary

  

+

ITC

H.E.

marginal

  

+

macrometastasis

H.E.

medullary

3

-

-

macrometastasis

H.E.

marginal

  

-

macrometastasis

H.E.

marginal

  

-

ITC

I.H.C.

marginal

4

-

-

macrometastasis

H.E.

marginal

  

-

macrometastasis

H.E.

marginal

5

+ +

+

macrometastasis

H.E.

marginal

  

-

macrometastasis

H.E.

marginal

  

-

macrometastasis

H.E.

marginal

6

+

+

macrometastasis

H.E.

medullary

  

+

macrometastasis

H.E.

medullary

  

+

macrometastasis

H.E.

medullary

  

+

macrometastasis

H.E.

medullary

  

+

macrometastasis

H.E.

medullary

  

-

ITC

I.H.C.

marginal

7

+

+

micrometastasis

H.E.

medullary

  

+

ITC

H.E.

marginal

  

+

ITC

H.E.

marginal

8

+ +

+

macrometastasis

H.E.

medullary

  

+

macrometastasis

H.E.

medullary

  

+

macrometastasis

H.E.

medullary

  

+

micrometastasis

H.E.

medullary

  

+

micrometastasis

H.E.

medullary

9

+

-

ITC

H.E.

marginal

  

-

ITC

I.H.C.

marginal

10

+ +

-

micrometastasis

H.E.

marginal

11

+ + +

+

macrometastasis

H.E.

medullary

  

-

micrometastasis

H.E.

medullary

  

-

ITC

I.H.C.

marginal

12

+ + +

+

macrometastasis

H.E.

medullary

  

+

macrometastasis

H.E.

medullary

  

+

macrometastasis

H.E.

medullary

  

+

macrometastasis

H.E.

medullary

  

+

macrometastasis

H.E.

medullary

  

+

macrometastasis

H.E.

medullary

  

+

macrometastasis

H.E.

medullary

  

+

macrometastasis

H.E.

medullary

  

+

macrometastasis

H.E.

medullary

  

+

macrometastasis

H.E.

medullary

  

+

macrometastasis

H.E.

medullary

13

-

-

ITC

I.H.C.

marginal

14

+ +

-

ITC

I.H.C.

marginal

15

+

-

ITC

I.H.C.

marginal

  1. *:IHC means immunohistochemical staining with anti-cytochelatin mAb.
  2. **:Micrometastasis is defined as tumor deposit larger than 0.2 mm but less than 2.0 mm, and ITC (isolated tumor cell) is defined as tumor deposit less than 0.2 mm in the maximum diameter. Larger deposits were classified as macrometastasis.
  3. #: The number of +/- means the number of examined biopsy specimens obtained from different parts of the tumor.