Table 1 Clinicopathological Characteristics of Patients with Node-Positive Endometrioid Uterine Cancer (n=1222)

From: The impact of the absolute number and ratio of positive lymph nodes on survival of endometrioid uterine cancer patients

Parameters

n (%)

Age (years)

 <65

626 (51.2%)

 ⩾65

596 (48.8%)

Race

 White

1025 (83.9%)

 Black

75 (6.1%)

 Asian

91 (7.4%)

 Other

31 (2.5%)

Year of diagnosis

 1988–1992

230 (18.8%)

 1993–1997

455 (37.2%)

 1998–2001

537 (43.9%)

Stage

 Stage IIIC

639 (52.3%)

 Stage IV

583 (47.7%)

 Stage IVA

24 (2.0%)

 Stage IVB

559 (45.7%)

Grade

 Grade 1

123 (10.0%)

 Grade 2

466 (38.1%)

 Grade 3

581 (47.5%)

 Unknown

52 (4.3%)

Radiation

 No XRT

423 (34.6%)

 Adjuvant XRT

772 (63.2%)

 Unknown

27 (2.2%)

Number nodes removed

 ⩽10

582 (47.6%)

 11–20

320 (26.2%)

 >20

320 (26.2%)

Number of metastatic nodes

 1 positive node

529 (43.3%)

 2–5 positive nodes

547 (44.8%)

 >5 positive nodes

146 (11.9%)

Lymph node ratio (%)

 ⩽10

306 (25.0%)

 >10–⩽50

622 (50.9%)

 >50

294 (24.1%)

  1. Abbreviation: XRT, radiotherapy.
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