Table 1 Summary of clinicopathologic features

From: Low podoplanin expression in pretreatment biopsy material predicts poor prognosis in advanced-stage squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix treated by primary radiation

 

Series A (n=48), cases treated by radical hysterectomy

Series B (n=74), cases treated by radiation

Age

  

 Median

45

52.5

 Mean

46.1

54.8

Tumor size (cm)

  

 Median

3.4

6.0

 Mean

3.5

5.6

Depth of invasion (mm)

  

 Median

10.0

N/A

 Mean

16.1

N/A

Lymphatic invasion

  

 Absent

15

N/A

 Present

33

16

 Unknowna

0

56

Nodal metastasis

  

 Absent

29

12

 Present

19

10

 Unknownb

0

52

FIGO stage

  

 IA

7

0

 IB

34c

20

 IIA

7

2

 IIB

0

30

 IIIA

0

6

 IIIB

0

12

 IVA

0

2

 IVB

0

2

Tumor grade

  

 Low

3

0

 Intermediate

21

33

 High

24

41

  1. aIn Series B, where only biopsy samples were available for review, cases were considered positive for lymphatic invasion if tumor cells within lymphatic spaces were seen on the biopsy samples; otherwise, lymphatic invasion status was considered unknown in these cases.
  2. bIn series B, pelvic and/or para-aortic lymph node dissection was performed in 22 cases.
  3. cSix of these patients had microscopic invasion of parametrial tissue by tumor.
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