Table 2 Pathologic staging of patients with clinically localised plasmacytoid carcinoma treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy or surgery first.
Neoadjuvant | Surgery first | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
(N = 33) | (N = 29) | ||
Pathologic T stage | |||
<pT2 | 7 (21) | 2 (7) | 0.048 |
pT2–4 | 26 (79) | 27 (93) | |
Pathologic N stage | |||
Node negative | 19 (58) | 18 (62) | 0.018 |
Node positive | 7 (21) | 11 (38) | |
Not available | 7 (21) | 0 (0) | |
AJCC staging | |||
0–I | 7 (21) | 2 (7) | 0.155 |
II–IV | 26 (79) | 27 (93) | |