Research Article
In Colorectal Liver Metastases, the Presence of Extrahepatic Disease Correlates with the Pathology of the Primary Tumour
Table 1
Results of univariate analysis.
| | No extrahepatic disease on PET | PET positive for extrahepatic disease | P |
| Age | | | | Less than 60 years | 17 | 23 | .6 | Over 60 years | 24 | 42 | Interval for recurrence | | | | Less than 12 months | 31 | 37 | .08 | More than 12 months | 10 | 28 | Degree of differentiation of primary tumour | | | | Well moderate | 59 | 18 | <.0001 | Poor | 6 | 23 | Lymphovascular invasion | | | | Present | 61 | 9 | <.0001 | Absent | 4 | 32 | T stage | | | | T2 | 12 | 2 | .02 | T3-4 | 53 | 39 | N stage | | | | N0 | 16 | 7 | .4 | N1 | 49 | 34 | CEA level | | | | Less than 20 mcg/L | 41 | 12 | .001 | More than 20 mcg/L | 24 | 27 | Size of the liver metastases | | | | Less than 5 cm | 47 | 21 | .02 | 5 cm or more | 18 | 20 | Bilobar Disease | | | .001 | Yes | 7 | 21 | No | 58 | 20 |
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