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. 2013 Jun 28;19(24):3761–3769. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i24.3761

Table 3.

Correlation between lymphatic and blood vessel invasion and lymph node status (n = 89) n (%)

Vascular invasion Lymph node metastasis
P value
Negative Positive
LVI–HE Negative 23 (71.8) 9 (28.2)
Positive 5 (8.8) 52 (91.2) 0.001
LVI–IHC Negative 20 (74.0) 7 (26.0)
Positive 8 (13.0) 54 (87.0) 0.001
BVI–HE Negative 22 (41.5) 31 (58.5)
Positive 6 (16.6) 30 (83.4) 0.013
BVI–IHC Negative 25 (38.5) 40 (61.5)
Positive 3 (12.5) 21 (87.5) 0.019

IHC: Immunohistochemistry; HE: Hematoxylin and eosin; BVI: Blood vessel invasion; LVI: Lymphatic vessel invasion.