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. 2015 Feb 28;13:90. doi: 10.1186/s12957-015-0464-2

Table 2.

The general pathologic characteristics of primary SCC/ASC patients and HCC patents

Primary SCC/ASC group HCC group χ 2 /F/ t P
Patients 9 40 - -
Tumor capsule
 Yes 0 30(75%) 14.392 0.000
 No 9(100%) 10(25%)
Macrovascular invasion
 Yes 0 3(7.5%) 0.006 0.937
 No 9(100%) 37(92.5%)
Microvascular invasion
 Yes 2(22.2%) 40 30.222 0.000
 No 7(77.8%) 0
Lymph node metastasis
 Yes 4(44.4%) 7(17.5%) 1.712 0.191
 No 5(55.6%) 33(82.5%)
Histologic grade (Edmondson-Steiner) 4.060 0.044
 I 0 0
 II 6(66.7%) 10(25%)
 III 3(33.3%) 30(75%)