Table III.
Survival of colorectal cancer patients evaluated by combining of metastases in the lymph nodes and LRRC8A expression.
| Cancer | Lymph node status | LRRC8A expression | Percentage of deaths (%) | No. of deaths | No. of surviving patients | Chi-square test |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colon | Positive | Cancer>adjacent tissue | 80.0 | 12 | 3 | P=0.007 <0.01 |
| Cancer<adjacent tissue | 27.3 | 3 | 8 | |||
| Negative | Cancer>adjacent tissue | 36.4 | 8 | 14 | P=0.176 >0.05 | |
| Cancer<adjacent tissue | 18.2 | 4 | 18 | |||
| Rectum | Positive | Cancer>adjacent tissue | 53.3 | 8 | 7 | P=0.870 >0.05 |
| Cancer<adjacent tissue | 56.3 | 9 | 7 | |||
| Negative | Cancer>adjacent tissue | 30.4 | 7 | 16 | P=0.217 >0.05 | |
| Cancer<adjacent tissue | 50.0 | 8 | 8 |
LRRC8A, leucine-rich repeat-containing 8A.