Table 3.
Correlation between primary and recurrent disease and TLS characteristics in EMPD patients.
| Site | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial | Recurrent | P */OR | |
| TLS density, n (%) | |||
| Negative | 8 (53) | 3 (18) | |
| Low | 0 | 0 | .07/4.15 |
| High | 9 (47) | 14 (82) | |
| TLS maturity$, n (%) | |||
| Mature | 1 (11) | 2 (22) | 1$/0.44 |
| Immature | 8 (89) | 7 (78) | |
| Relative location of TLS to tumor#, n (%) | |||
| pTLS | 9 (100) | 8 (89) | 1#/N/A |
| sTLS | 0 (0) | 1 (11) | |
| Relative location of TLS to appendages$, n (%) | |||
| Around the appendages | 3 (33) | 5 (56) | .64$/0.40 |
| Located far from the appendage | 6 (67) | 4 (44) | |
P values based on chi square unless otherwise specified.
$ P-value based on Continuity correction chi square test.
# P-value based on Fisher’s exact.
OR, Odds Ratio.
*P ≤ 0.05.