Histopathological Growth Pattern, Proteolysis and Angiogenesis in Chemonaive Patients Resected for Multiple Colorectal Liver Metastases

Table 1

Patient characteristics. Colorectal liver metastases.

Patient number	Age	Gender	Number of liver metastases	Growth pattern	Liver segments
1	66	Male	4	P, P, P, P	3, 6, 7, 8
2	60	Female	2	D, D	4, 5
3	50	Male	2	P, P	3, 5 + 6
4	58	Male	3	R, R, R	2, 6, 8
5	55	Male	2	P, P	5, 7
6	43	Male	2	R, R	6, 7
7	60	Male	2	P, P	5, 5
8	43	Female	2	R, R	4, 8
9	64	Female	2	D, D	2, 7
10	56	Male	2	D, D	2, 5
11	62	Male	2	D, D	4, 7
12	62	Male	2	D, D	2, RL
13	77	Male	2	P, P/D	RL
14	74	Female	2	R, R/P	6, RL
15	60	Male	2	D, P/D	4B, 8
16	55	Male	3	P, P/R, R/P	RL
17	69	Female	4	P, P, P/D, D/P	2, 3, 6, 8
18	63	Male	2	R, R	6, 7
19	64	Female	2	P, P/R	RL
20	82	Female	2	P, P/D	2 + 3, 7
21	53	Male	6	R, R, R, R, R, D	3, 4B, 6, 7, 8, 8
22	75	Male	5	P, P, P, D/P, D	2, RL
23	57	Male	3	D, D, P	4, 5, 8
24	69	Female	2	D, P	2 + 3, 8

D: desmoplastic, P: pushing, R: replacement, P/D: pushing/desmoplastic, D/P: desmoplastic/pushing, R/P: replacement/pushing, P/R: pushing/replacement. The liver segments 1,2,3,4 are located in the left lobe (LL), while the liver segments 5,6,7,8 are located in the right lobe (RL).