Expression of Syndecan-4 and Correlation with Metastatic Potential in Testicular Germ Cell Tumours

Table 1

Clinicopathological characteristics of the 71 patients with TGCTs.

Variable	𝑛	%
Histological type
Seminoma	33	46.5
Median age: 35 years
Nonseminoma	38	53.5
Median age: 26 years
Embryonal carcinoma	8	11.3
Teratoma	5	7.0
Mixed type	25	35.2
Tumour size (T)
𝑇1	26	36.6
𝑇2	41	57.7
𝑇3	4	5.6
Vascular-lymphatic invasion
Negative	32	45.1
Positive	39	54.9
Nodal status (N)
𝑁0	36	50.7
𝑁1	9	12.7
𝑁2	22	31.0
𝑁3	4	5.6
Distant metastases (M)
𝑀0	63	88.7
𝑀1	7	9.9
𝑀2	1	1.4
Stage
I	36	50.7
II	27	38.0
III	8	11.3