Table 5.
Correlations of Clinicopathologic Characteristics According to Immunohistochemical Results in Primary Thyroid Cancer Without Underlying Malignancy
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Extrathyroidal extension |
LN metastasis |
Advanced stage |
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Biological variables | No | Yes | p-Value | No | Yes | p-Value | I+II | III+IV | p-Value | |
GLUT-1 | − | 3 | 7 | 0.856 | 4 | 6 | 0.275 | 3 | 7 | 0.856 |
+ | 4 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 11 | ||||
VEGF | − | 3 | 3 | 0.298 | 1 | 5 | 0.637 | 2 | 4 | 0.742 |
+ | 4 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 14 |
p-Values were determined using Fisher's exact test.