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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 7, 2017; 23(9): 1666-1675
Published online Mar 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i9.1666
Published online Mar 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i9.1666
Table 3 Correlations between bi-phase normalized iodine concentration and microvessel density in different clinical-pathological subgroups
| Varieties | n | nIC-AP vs MVD | nIC-VP vs MVD | ||
| r | P value | r | P value | ||
| Depth of invasion | |||||
| < T4 | 7 | 0.851 | 0.015a | 0.600 | 0.154 |
| T4 | 27 | 0.370 | 0.057 | 0.656 | 0.000a |
| Nodal status | |||||
| N0 | 11 | 0.620 | 0.042a | 0.600 | 0.051 |
| N1-3 | 23 | 0.330 | 0.124 | 0.644 | 0.001a |
| Histologic differentiation | |||||
| Highly and Moderately differentiated | 17 | 0.250 | 0.334 | 0.190 | 0.466 |
| Poorly differentiated | 17 | 0.427 | 0.087 | 0.799 | 0.000a |
| Lauren subtype | |||||
| Intestinal type | 15 | 0.222 | 0.427 | 0.101 | 0.719 |
| Mixed type | 7 | 0.741 | 0.057a | 0.827 | 0.022a |
| Diffuse type | 12 | 0.145 | 0.653 | 0.765 | 0.004a |
| Tumor location | |||||
| Cardia/Fundus | 14 | 0.311 | 0.279 | 0.760 | 0.796 |
| Gastricum | 9 | 0.385 | 0.307 | 0.507 | 0.163 |
| Antrum | 11 | 0.616 | 0.044a | 0.891 | 0.000a |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 23 | 0.385 | 0.070 | 0.606 | 0.002a |
| Female | 11 | 0.696 | 0.017a | 0.605 | 0.049 |
- Citation: Chen XH, Ren K, Liang P, Chai YR, Chen KS, Gao JB. Spectral computed tomography in advanced gastric cancer: Can iodine concentration non-invasively assess angiogenesis? World J Gastroenterol 2017; 23(9): 1666-1675
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- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v23.i9.1666