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. 2021 Dec 15;11:795891. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.795891

Table 1.

General characteristics of non-ampullary duodenal carcinomas compared with both ampullary carcinomas and duodenal papillary adenocarcinomas.

Characteristics Non-ampullary duodenal carcinoma Ampullary carcinoma Duodenal papillary adenocarcinomas p p††
  (n = 57) (n = 62) (n = 69)    
Mean age (years) 61.3 (59.2–63.4) 60 (57.9–62.3) 60.2 (58.1–62.4) 0.42 0.91
Gender 0.58 0.58
F 36 (63.2%) 36 (58.1%) 47 (68.1%)
M 21 (36.8%) 26 (41.9%) 22 (31.9%)
Tumor size (cm) 1 0.86
<3 cm 32 (56.1%) 35 (56.5%) 40 (58%)
>3 cm 25 (43.9%) 27 (43.5%) 29 (42%)
Histologic grade 0.85 0.07
Well or moderately differentiated 24 (42.1%) 28 (45.2%) 41 (59.4%)
Low or poorly differentiated 33 (57.9%) 34 (54.8) 28 (40.6%)
LN status 0.39 0.07
Positive 11 (19.3%) 17 (27.4%) 24 (34.8%)
Negative 46 (80.7%) 45 (72.6%) 45 (65.2%)
Margin status 1 0.8
Negative 50 (87.8%) 54 (87.1%) 59 (85.6%)
Positive 7 (12.2%) 8 (12.9%) 10 (14.4%)
Perineural invasion <0.01 1
Present 6 (10.5%) 28 (45.2%) 7 (10.1%)
Not present 51 (89.5%) 34 (54.8%) 62 (89.9%)
TNM stage 0.71 0.072
I to II stage 31 (54.4%) 36 (58.1%) 35 (50.7%)
III to IV stage 26 (45.6%) 26 (41.9%) 34 (49.3%)
Surgery procedure 1 0.62
Radical resection 50 (87.7%) 54 (87.1%) 58 (84.1%)
Palliative care 7 (12.3%) 8 (12.9%) 11 (15.9%)
Adjuvant treatment 0.86 0.28
Yes 28 (49.1%) 32 (51.6%) 41 (59.4%)
No 29 (50.9%) 30 (48.4%) 28 (40.6%)
CEA 0.41 0.35
Normal 28 (49.1%) 34 (54.8%) 39 (56.5%)
High 11 (19.3%) 15 (24.2%) 16 (23.2%)
Inconclusive 18 (31.6%) 13 (21%) 14 (20.3%)
CA-199 0.41 0.47
Normal 27 (47.4%) 33 (53.2%) 37 (53.6%)
High 13 (22.8%) 17 (27.4%) 18 (26.1%)
Inconclusive 17 (29.8%) 12 (19.4%) 14 (20.3%)

F, female; M, male.

p comparison between non-ampullary duodenal carcinoma and ampullary carcinoma.

†† p comparison between non-ampullary duodenal carcinoma and duodenal papillary adenocarcinomas.