Research Article
The Expression of Snail, Galectin-3, and IGF1R in the Differential Diagnosis of Benign and Malignant Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of the study patients.
| | Benign PHEO () | Benign PGL () | Potentially malignant PPGL () | Malignant PPGL () | |
| | Gender (male/female) | 50/46 | 18/20 | 28/50 | 6/8 | 0.269 | | Age | | | | | 0.008 | | Tumor size (cm) | 5.0 (3.5-7.0) | 5.0 (4.0-6.0) | 5.0 (4.0-8.0) | 6.5 (3.25-10.5) | 0.158 | | Blood NE (ng/L) | 1198.0 (543.5-3948.0) | 1343.5 (662.5-2815.5) | 2603 (1000-6004) | 1129.5 (646.3-378) | 0.081 | | Blood E (ng/L) | 69.5 (41.6-226.3) | 74 (48-200) | 103.5 (50-376.3) | 61 (50-94) | 0.228 |
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