Table 3. Pathological stages of esophageal NEC patients.
| Pathologic Characteristics | Total | Classification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCNC | LCNC | p | Mixed NEC | Pure NEC | P | ||
| Differentiation (G) | |||||||
| Well (G1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.57 | 0 | 0 | 0.04* |
| Moderate (G2) | 19 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 17 | ||
| Poor (G3) | 48 | 44 | 4 | 18 | 30 | ||
| Invasion | |||||||
| T1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.50 | 2 | 1 | 0.26 |
| T2 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 11 | ||
| T3 | 30 | 27 | 3 | 7 | 23 | ||
| T4 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 12 | ||
| Lymph node metastasis | |||||||
| N0 | 43 | 40 | 3 | 0.57 | 17 | 26 | 0.07 |
| N1 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | ||
| N2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| N3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Distal Metastasis | |||||||
| M0 | 58 | 54 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 43 | 0.11 |
| M1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Clinical Stage | |||||||
| I | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0.22 | 8 | 9 | 0.02* |
| II | 18 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 15 | ||
| III | 21 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||
| IV | 11 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | ||