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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 7, 2011; 17(9): 1167-1173
Published online Mar 7, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i9.1167
Published online Mar 7, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i9.1167
Table 1 Patients characteristics
| n (%) | |
| Age (yr) | |
| Median | 59 |
| Range | 34 - 77 |
| Sex | |
| Male | 47 (52.2) |
| Female | 43 (47.8) |
| Histologic differentiation | |
| Well | 46 (51.1) |
| Moderately | 34 (37.8) |
| Poorly | 10 (11.1) |
| T stage | |
| T1 | 1 (1.1) |
| T2 | 8 (8.9) |
| T3 | 79 (87.8) |
| T4 | 2 (2.2) |
| N stage | |
| N1a | 24 (26.7) |
| N1b | 26 (28.9) |
| N2a | 16 (17.8) |
| N2b | 24 (26.7) |
| Stage | |
| IIIa | 8 (8.9) |
| IIIb | 57 (63.3) |
| IIIc | 25 (27.8) |
| VEGF expression | |
| Negative | 26 (28.9) |
| Positive | 64 (71.1) |
| Intensity of IL-24 expression | |
| Negative | 9 (10.0) |
| Weak | 31 (34.4) |
| Strong | 50 (55.6) |
- Citation: Choi Y, Roh MS, Hong YS, Lee HS, Hur WJ. Interleukin-24 is correlated with differentiation and lymph node numbers in rectal cancer. World J Gastroenterol 2011; 17(9): 1167-1173
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v17/i9/1167.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v17.i9.1167