Research Article
Expression of Syndecan-4 and Correlation with Metastatic Potential in Testicular Germ Cell Tumours
Table 4
The association between syndecan-4 stromal and tumour cells staining and the clinicopathologic variables of 38 patients with NSGCTs.
| Variable | Stromal staining | Statistics | Syndecan-4 positive tumour cells
| Statistics | Negative | Positive | ≤30% | >30% |
| Tumour size (T) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Nodal status (N) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Distant metastases (M) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Vascular-lymphatic invasion | | | | | | | Negative | | | | | | | Positive | | | | | Disease stage | | | | | | | I | | | | | | | II + III | | | | |
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