Typing of pancreatic cancer-associated fibroblasts identifies different subpopulations

Table 1 Patient and tumour characteristics

Characteristics		IHC and IF cohort	ISH cohort
Number	n	8	211
Age	Mean (yr)	67.0	67.9
	(range)	(46.7-75.9)	(46.7-80.9)
Sex	Female/male	5/3	13/8
Tumour differentiation grade
Well differentiated (G1)	n	0	0
Moderately differentiated (G2)	n	8	19
Poorly differentiated (G3)	n	0	2
T Stage2	T1/T2/T3/T4	0/0/8/0	0/0/20/1
N stage2	N0/N1	2/6	5/16
Surgical procedure
Whipple resection	n	5	16
Left-sided pancreatectomy	n	3	5

¹The 21 patient tumours in the in situ hybridization cohort also included the 8 tumours from the immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence cohort;

²According to the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) pTNM classification version 7[60]. ISH: In situ hybridization; IHC: Immunohistochemistry; IF: Immunofluorescence.