Table 2.
Positive margins versus stage of the disease.
TNM | Group A | Group B | Group C | total | ||||
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M+/total | % | M+/Total | % | M+/Total | % | M+ | % | |
pT1 | 0/2 | 0 | 0/2 | 0 | 0/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
pT2a | 0/6 | 0 | 1/10 | 10.0 | 0/16 | 0 | 1 | 3.8 |
pT2b | 0/4 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 | 1/7 | 14.3 | 1 | 12.5 |
pT2c | 4/24 | 16.7 | 9/35 | 25.7 | 1/23 | 4.3 | 14 | 17.1 |
pT3a | 9/14 | 64.3 | 2/5 | 40.0 | 1/5 | 20.0 | 12 | 50.0 |
pT3b | 3/4 | 75.0 | 0/2 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 | 3 | 42.8 |
pT3c | 0/1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
pT4 | 0/0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Total | 16/55 | 29.1 | 12/55 | 21.8 | 3/55 | 5.5 | 31 | 18.8 |
M+: positive margin.