Table 4 Comparison between morphological phenotype, genotype, grading and survival.

From: Molecular, morphological and survival analysis of 177 resected pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDACs): Identification of prognostic subtypes

Morphological phenotype

Conventional ductal adenocarcinoma (without components) (A1)

Combined ductal adenocarcinoma (with additional components) (A2)

Variants (B)

N

91

72

14

KRAS

 Wildtype

7

3

3

 Mutated

84

69

11

p-value A1 vs A21

0.35

  

p-value A vs B1

0.035

  

CDKN2A/p16

 Intact

29

11

3

 Altered

62

60

11

p-value A1 vs A21

0.016

  

p-value A vs B1

0.78

  

TP53

 Intact

22

11

5

 Altered

69

61

9

p-value A1 vs A21

0.16

  

p-value A vs B1

0.17

  

SMAD4

 Intact

57

45

10

 Altered

34

27

4

p-value A1 vs A21

0.98

  

p-value A vs B1

0.51

  

Number of mutations

 0

0

0

1

 1

5

1

2

 2

30

14

3

 3

40

40

5

 4

16

17

3

p-value A1 vs A21

0.09

  

p-value A vs B1

0.004

  

Pathologic stage

Primary tumour

 T1

2

2

0

 T2

3

8

0

 T3

74

55

14

 T4

12

7

0

p-value A1 vs A21

0.23

  

p-value A vs B1

0.55

  

Nodal status

 N0

24

22

7

 N1

67

50

7

p-value A1 vs A21

0.60

  

p-value A vs B1

0.12

  

Grading

 G1

7

1

5

 G2

4

27

6

 G3

44

44

3

p-value A1 vs A21

0.08

  

p-value A vs B1

<0.001

  

Survival

(months)

22.7

15.5

34.1

p-value A1 vs A22

0.07

  

p-value A vs B2

0.06

  
  1. 1 Chi2-test/Fisher’s exact test, 2Log-rank-test.