Morphological Characteristics and Clinical Significance of Different Types of Tumor Vessels in Patients with Stages I-IIA of Squamous Cervical Cancer

Table 4

The presence of contact type DCs depending on the clinical and the pathological cervical cancer characteristics and disease prognosis.

Indicators	“Contact type” dilated capillaries
	Absence		Presence
	n	%	n	%
Age (years)
<35	14	77.8	4	22.2	0.55
35–44	13	86.7	2	13.3
≥45	24	77.4	7	22.6
Stages
IA	26	96.3	1	3.7	0.14
IB	21	65.6	11	34.4
IIA	4	80.0	1	20.0
Histology
Squamous cell keratinous carcinoma	36	85.7	6	14.3	0.29
Squamous cell nonkeratinous carcinoma	15	68.2	7	31.8
Grade
G1	41	85.4	7	14.6	0.04
G2	6	66.7	3	33.3
G3	4	57.1	3	42.9
Depth of tumor invasion
<10 mm	39	90.7	4	9.3	0.007
≥10 mm	12	57.1	9	42.9
Fragmentation phenomenon
Absence	44	84.6	8	15.4	0.09
Presence	7	58.3	5	41.7
Tumor emboli in CD34-positive vessels
Absence	30	90.9	3	9.1	0.009
Presence	13	59.1	9	40.9
Tumor emboli in podoplanin-positive vessels
Absence	30	88.2	4	11.8	0.06
Presence	20	68.9	9	31.1
Recurrence
Absence	48	85.7	8	14.3	0.0003
Presence	1	20.0	4	80.0