Research Article
Prognostic Evaluation of Vimentin Expression in Correlation with Ki67 and CD44 in Surgically Resected Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
Table 2
Demographic and histopathological characteristics of included patients.
| Characteristics | Sex (female) | 15 (28.3%) | Age (years)† | 68 (44–82) | Operation | Classic Whipple’s | 12 (22.6%) | PPPD | 31 (58.5%) | Distal pancreatectomy | 10 (18.9%) | T stage | T1 | 4 (7.5%) | T2 | 9 (17%) | T3 | 31 (58.5%) | T4 | 9 (17%) | N stage | N0 | 11 (20.8%) | N1 | 42 (79.2%) | Size of primary tumor (cm)† | 4.1 (1.2–7.1) | Histopathological grade | I | 8 (15.1%) | II | 17 (32.1%) | III | 24 (45.3%) | IV | 4 (7.5%) | Lymphovascular invasion | 37 (69.8%) | Peri/intraneural invasion | 35 (66%) | Resection margin | R0 | 41 (77.4%) | R1 | 10 (18.9%) | R2 | 2 (3.8%) |
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Number (%); †median (minimum–maximum); PPPD: pylorus preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy.
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