TABLE 2.
Tumor Pathology, Tumor Size, and TNM Staging
| MFT (n = 81) |
UFT (n = 98) |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median primary tumor size | 1.7 cm | 2.0 cm | 0.09 |
| Tumor stage, n (%) | |||
| T1 | 2 (2.5) | 4 (4.1) | 0.69 |
| T2 | 14 (17.7) | 17 (17.7) | 1.00 |
| T3 | 34 (43.0) | 42 (43.8) | 1.00 |
| T4 | 29 (36.7) | 33 (34.4) | 0.75 |
| Total | 79 (100) | 96 (100) | |
| Nodal stage, n (%) | |||
| N0 | 6 (8.2) | 10 (10.9) | 0.79 |
| N1 | 67 (91.8) | 82 (89.1) | 0.79 |
| Total | 73 (100) | 92 (100) | |
| Metastasis stage, n (%) | |||
| M0 | 17 (21.2) | 19 (20.2) | 1.00 |
| M1 | 63 (78.8) | 75 (79.8) | 1.00 |
| Total | 80 (100) | 94 (100) | |
| Distant metastases (non-liver, non-nodal), n (%) | 35 (43.2) | 48 (49.0) | 0.46 |
| Liver metastases, n (%) | 56 (69.1) | 74 (75.5) | 0.40 |
MFT indicates multifocal tumors; UFT, unifocal tumors.