Use of zebrafish embryos as avatar of patients with pancreatic cancer: A new xenotransplantation model towards personalized medicine

Table 1 Patients characteristics (n = 15)

Characteristics
Mean age, years ± SD	71.2 ± 9.9 (44.1-83.2)
M:F, n (%)	8:7 (53.3:46.7)
Mean BMI, kg/m2 ± SD	26.4 ± 5.1 (17.6-40.4)
Ca 19.9, U/mL ± SD	347.1 ± 543.0 (1.7-2094)
Type of surgical procedure, n (%)
Pancreatoduodenectomy	11 (73.3)
Distal splenopancreatectomy	3 (20)
Total splenopancreatectomy	1 (6.7)
Vascular resection, n (%)	4 (26.7)
Grade of differentiation, n (%)
G2/3	11 (73.3)
G3/3	4 (26.7)
Mean tumour dimension, cm	3.3 ± 1.2 (1.5-5.0)
Mean harvest lymph nodes, n	40.6 ± 18.0 (19-74)
Mean positive lymph nodes, n	5.7 ± 6.0 (0-22)
T status, n (%)
T1	2 (13.3)
T2	7 (46.7)
T3	6 (40)
N status, n (%)
N0	1 (6.6)
N1	7 (46.7)
N2	7 (46.7)
Stage, n (%)
IB	1 (6.7)
IIB	6 (40)
III	8 (53.3)
Angioinvasion, n (%)	2 (13.3)
Perineural infiltration, n (%)	11 (73.4)
Vascular infiltration, n (%)	2 (13.3)

BMI: Body mass index; M: Male; F: Female.