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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 14, 2009; 15(30): 3793-3798
Published online Aug 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.3793
Published online Aug 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.3793
Table 2 The relevance of LVI and pathologic factors
| LVI | Positive rate (%) | P value | |||
| Present | Absent | ||||
| PRT | |||||
| ypT | T1 | 1 | 5 | 16.7 | 0.592 |
| T2 | 6 | 31 | 16.2 | ||
| T3 | 14 | 44 | 24.1 | ||
| T4 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | ||
| ypN | N0 | 9 | 54 | 14.3 | 0.057 |
| N1 | 9 | 15 | 37.5 | ||
| N2 | 4 | 12 | 25.0 | ||
| Histological differentiation | High | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 0.998 |
| Moderate | 15 | 55 | 21.4 | ||
| Poor | 5 | 19 | 20.8 | ||
| Mucinous and signet | 1 | 4 | 21.0 | ||
| Downstaging | Yes | 7 | 34 | 17.1 | 0.388 |
| No | 15 | 47 | 24.2 | ||
| Control | |||||
| pT | T1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | < 0.01 |
| T2 | 8 | 50 | 13.8 | ||
| T3 | 49 | 98 | 33.3 | ||
| T4 | 1 | 5 | 16.7 | ||
| pN | N0 | 15 | 103 | 12.7 | < 0.01 |
| N1 | 15 | 37 | 28.8 | ||
| N2 | 28 | 24 | 53.8 | ||
| Histological differentiation | High | 7 | 22 | 24.1 | 0.015 |
| Moderate | 34 | 122 | 21.8 | ||
| Poor | 11 | 16 | 40.7 | ||
| Mucinous and signet | 6 | 4 | 60.0 | ||
- Citation: Du CZ, Xue WC, Cai Y, Li M, Gu J. Lymphovascular invasion in rectal cancer following neoadjuvant radiotherapy: A retrospective cohort study. World J Gastroenterol 2009; 15(30): 3793-3798
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- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.15.3793