©The Author(s) 2015.
World J Gastroenterol. Apr 14, 2015; 21(14): 4240-4247
Published online Apr 14, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i14.4240
Published online Apr 14, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i14.4240
Table 3 Clinical features of patients receiving neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery, n
| Characteristic | Good response | Poor response | P value |
| (n = 29) | (n = 20 ) | ||
| Age (yr) | |||
| < 55 | 11 | 11 | 0.238 |
| ≥ 55 | 18 | 9 | |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 24 | 15 | 0.763 |
| Female | 5 | 5 | |
| Tumor size (cm) | |||
| < 5 | 12 | 7 | 0.652 |
| ≥ 5 | 17 | 13 | |
| Site | |||
| Upper thoracic | 3 | 2 | 0.405 |
| Middle thoracic | 14 | 6 | |
| Lower thoracic | 12 | 12 | |
| Differentiation | |||
| Well | 5 | 4 | 0.936 |
| Moderate | 16 | 10 | |
| Poor | 8 | 6 | |
| TNM stage | |||
| IIb | 8 | 6 | 0.857 |
| III | 21 | 14 | |
| Cytoplasm | |||
| High | 23 | 5 | < 0.001 |
| Low | 6 | 15 | |
| Nucleus | |||
| High | 9 | 9 | 0.319 |
| Low | 20 | 11 |
- Citation: Zhang JL, Wang HY, Yang Q, Lin SY, Luo GY, Zhang R, Xu GL. Methyl-methanesulfonate sensitivity 19 expression is associated with metastasis and chemoradiotherapy response in esophageal cancer. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21(14): 4240-4247
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v21/i14/4240.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v21.i14.4240