Research Article

Atypical Mucin Expression Predicts Worse Overall Survival in Resectable Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

Table 1

Clinicopathological characteristics of FUSCC PDAC patients stratified by MUC1 expression.

VariablesMUC1 negativeMUC1 positive

Age, (%)0.303
 <6219 (55.9%)183 (46.7%)
 ≥6215 (44.1%)209 (53.3%)
Sex, (%)0.110
 Male24 (70.6%)218 (56.5%)
 Female10 (29.4%)168 (43.5%)
Tumour grade, (%)0.534
 Low2 (5.9%)17 (4.4%)
 Moderate23 (67.6%)230 (59.7%)
 High9 (26.5%)138 (35.8%)
Tumour stage, (%)0.011
 I15 (44.1%)154 (39.3%)
 II10 (29.4%)195 (49.7%)
 III9 (26.5%)43 (11.0%)
T stage, (%)0.591
 T18 (23.5%)67 (17.1%)
 T219 (55.9%)225 (57.4%)
 T37 (20.6%)100 (25.5%)
N stage, (%)0.499
 N019 (55.9%)197 (51.0%)
 N110 (29.4%)149 (38.6%)
 N25 (14.7%)40 (10.4%)
Tumour location, (%)0.222
 Head20 (58.8%)210 (54.4%)
 Body13 (38.2%)174 (45.1%)
 Tail1 (2.9%)2 (0.5%)
Vascular invasion, (%)0.681
 No10 (29.4%)101 (26.2%)
 Yes24 (70.6%)285 (73.8%)
Perineural infiltration, (%)0.011
 No25 (73.5%)342 (88.6%)
 Yes9 (26.5%)44 (11.4%)
Diabetes mellitus, (%)0.226
 No26 (76.5%)326 (84.5%)
 Yes8 (23.5%)60 (15.5%)