Table 1.
Clinicopathologic characteristics of 169 PDAC patients.
| Patients characteristics | Number of cases (%) |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | |
| ≤60 | 76 (45.0) |
| >60 | 93 (55.0) |
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| Gender | |
| Male | 96 (56.8) |
| Female | 73 (43.2) |
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| Clinical stage | |
| I or II | 95 (56.2) |
| III or IV | 74 (43.8) |
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| T classification | |
| T1 or T2 | 38 (22.5) |
| T3 or T4 | 131 (77.5) |
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| N classification | |
| N0 | 98 (58.0) |
| N1-2 | 71 (42.0) |
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| Metastasis | |
| No | 163 (96.4) |
| Yes | 6 (3.6) |
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| Pathologic differentiation | |
| High (middle or high) | 115 (68.0) |
| Low (No or low) | 54 (32.0) |
|
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| Vascular invasion | |
| No | 119 (70.4) |
| Yes | 50 (29.6) |
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| Neural invasion | |
| No | 87 (51.5) |
| Yes | 82 (48.5) |
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| Vital states（at follow-up） | |
| Alive | 70 (41.4) |
| Dead | 99 (58.6) |
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| Expression of COL17A1 | |
| Low expression | 63 (37.3) |
| High expression | 106 (62.7) |