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)
𝑇1	6	4	𝑃=0.27	2	8	𝑃=0.14
𝑇2+𝑇3	10	18		15	13
Nodal status (N)
𝑁0	8	8	𝑃=0.51	3	13	𝑃=0.01
𝑁1+𝑁2+𝑁3	8	14		14	8
Distant metastases (M)
𝑀0	14	16	𝑃=0.43	11	19	𝑃=0.11
𝑀1+𝑀2	2	6		6	2
Vascular-lymphatic invasion
Negative	6	5	𝑃=0.47	1	10	𝑃=0.01
Positive	10	17		16	11
Disease stage
I	8	8	𝑃=0.51	3	13	𝑃=0.01
II + III	8	14		14	8