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Table 2 Relationship between the presence of DTCs as detected by IMS and clinicopathological variables (N = 119 a)

From: Detection of disseminated tumor cells in lymph nodes from patients with early stage non-small cell lung cancer

Parameter

 

Nb

%b

p-value

Gender

male

28

44

 
 

female

19

35

0.36

Age at surgery

< 65 years

22

46

 
 

> 65 years

25

35

0.26

Histology

ADC

26

38

 
 

SCC

19

40

 
 

LCC

2

50

0.89

pTNM

I

26

34

 
 

II

13

45

 
 

III

7

78

 
 

IV

1

25

0.12

pT

pT1

20

51

 
 

pT2

19

33

 
 

pT3

8

38

 
 

pT4

0

0

0.15

pN

pN 0

33

32

 
 

pN I

9

82

 
 

pN II

5

83

< 0.001

Tumor size (cm)

≤ 3.0 cm

26

47

 
 

≥ 3.1 cm

21

33

0.13

Tobacco

Never smoker

2

33

 
 

Former smoker

20

47

 
 

Current smoker

25

36

0.54

  1. aNine patients excluded from analysis due to uncertain lymph node station
  2. bThe number and percentage of positive samples are shown
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Diagnostic Pathology

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