Table 1. Clinico-pathological characteristic of patients undergoing potentially curative resection for oesophageal cancer (n=121).
| Adeno (n=98) | Squamous (n=23) | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patient-related factors | |||
| Age (<65/65–74/⩾75 years) | 57/35/6 | 15/6/2 | 0.755 |
| Sex (male/female) | 83/15 | 10/13 | <0.001 |
| mGPS (0/1/2) | 87/9/2 | 18/5/0 | 0.362 |
| Klintrup–Makinen score (low grade/high grade) | 77/21 | 17/6 | 0.591 |
| CD8+ tertiles (1/2/3) | 25/39/34 | 17/5/1 | <0.001 |
| CD68+ tertiles (1/2/3) | 25/35/38 | 12/9/2 | 0.002 |
| Tumour-related factors | |||
| TNM stage (I/II/III) | 15/33/50 | 7/11/5 | 0.011 |
| Tumour differentiation (well-mod/poor) | 60/38 | 11/12 | 0.251 |
| Resection margin (R0/R1) | 75/23 | 20/3 | 0.399 |
| LNR (0/⩽ 0.2/>0.2) | 35/35/28 | 11/9/3 | 0.132 |
| Necrosis score (low grade/high grade) | 48/50 | 9/14 | 0.488 |
| Ki67 tertiles (1/2/3) | 34/29/35 | 5/8/10 | 0.284 |
| CD34+ tertiles (1/2/3) | 26/33/39 | 15/8/0 | <0.001 |
| Neo-adjuvant therapy (no/yes) | 53/45 | 21/2 | 0.001 |
| Adjuvant therapy (no/yes) | 81/17 | 22/1 | 0.191 |
| Alive | 45 | 8 | |
| Cancer-specific death | 49 | 11 | |
| Non-cancer death | 4 | 4 | 0.893a |
Abbreviations: LNR=lymph node ratio; mGPS=modified Glasgow Prognostic score; TNM=tumour node metastasis.
a
Log rank test (Mantel–Cox).