Table 1.
Variable tested | Number of patients | |
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Group | Esophageal cancer | 49 |
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Gender | Male | 41 |
Female | 8 | |
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Type of cancer | Adenocarcinoma | 24 |
Planoepitheliale | 25 | |
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TNM stage (2) | I + IIa + IIb | 10 |
III | 32 | |
IV | 7 | |
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Depth of tumor invasion (T factor) | T1 + T2 | 8 |
T3 | 29 | |
T4 | 12 | |
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Nodal involvement (N factor) | N0 | 11 |
N1 | 38 | |
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Distant metastases (M factor) | M0 | 42 |
M1 | 7 | |
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Differentiation of tumor | Well differentiated—G1 | 14 |
Moderately differentiated—G2 | 18 | |
Undifferentiated—G3 | 17 | |
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Resection | R0—microscopically complete | 23 |
Other | 26 | |
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Survival of patients | Died of cancer | 22 |
Alive | 27 |