MicroRNAs as Potential Biomarkers for Chemoresistance in Adenocarcinomas of the Esophagogastric Junction

Table 1

Characteristics of adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction according to the responder or nonresponder status.

Characteristics	Responders	Nonresponders	value
Total n	21	12
Gender
Male	18	8	0.198
Female	3	4
WHO classification
Tubular	17	7	0.034
Poorly cohesive	2	1
Mucinous	2	0
Undifferentiated	0	4
Others
Differentiation grade
Well (G1)	0	0	0.043
Moderately (G2)	19	7
Poor (G3)	2	5
pT (low)
pT0	2	0	0.136
pT1a	2	0
pT1b	5	0
pT2	3	1
pT (high)
pT3	8	10
pT4a	1	1
pT4b	0	0
pN
pN0	12	6	0.203
pN1	3	4
pN2	6	1
pN3	0	1
LVSI
Present	6	5	0.443
Absent	15	7
Perineural invasion
Present	1	3	0.087
Absent	20	9
Distant metastases
Present	4	1	0.409
Absent	17	11

LVSI: lymphovascular space invasion; bold lettering in values indicates a statistically significant difference.