Research Article
Clinical Significance of Langerhans Cells in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Larynx
Table 2
Relationship between LCs and clinicopathologic parameters in squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx.
| | Tumors with ≤7 LC/HPF versus tumors with >7 LC/HPF* |
| | Parameter | ≤7 LC/HPF | >7 LC/HPF | Significance |
| | Site | | | | | Supraglottic | 14 | 13 | N.S | | Other sites | 9 | 14 | | T stage | | | | | IIIIII | 16 | 22 | N.S | | IV | 7 | 5 | | Neck metastasis | | | | | Yes | 7 | 9 | N.S | | No | 16 | 18 | | Differentiation | | | | | well to moderately differentiated | 18 | 22 | N.S | | Poorly differentiated | 6 | 4 | | Jakobsson** | 19.41.1 | 18.10.9 | N.S | | Glanz** | 5.50.4 | 5.60.4 | N.S |
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*Average counting 10 high-power fields. **Mean value + mean standard error.
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