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

Table 5

The presence of the capillaries in the tumor solid component depending on the clinical and the pathological cervical cancer characteristics and disease prognosis.

Indicators	Capillaries in the tumor solid component
	Absence		Presence
	n	%	n	%
Age (years)
<35	8	44.4	10	55.5	0.31
35–44	21	65.6	11	34.4
≥45	9	64.3	5	35.7
Stages
IA	21	77.8	6	22.2	0.02
IB	16	50.0	16	50.0
IIA	1	20.0	4	80.0
Histology
Squamous cell keratinous carcinoma	30	78.9	12	21.1	0.02
Squamous cell nonkeratinous carcinoma	8	36.4	14	63.6
Grade
G1	45	91.8	4	8.2	0.0002
G2	6	75.0	2	25.0
G3	2	28.6	5	71.4
Depth of tumor invasion
<10 mm	33	76.7	10	23.4	0.00005
≥10 mm	5	23.8	16	76.2
Fragmentation phenomenon
Absence	34	64.2	19	35.8	0.09
Presence	4	36.4	7	63.6
Tumor emboli in CD34-positive vessels
Absence	24	72.7	9	37.3	0.01
Presence	9	39.1	14	60.9
Tumor emboli in podoplanin-positive vessels
Absence	23	65.7	12	34.3	0.26
Presence	15	51.7	14	48.3
Recurrence
Absence	35	62.5	21	37.5	0.06
Presence	1	20.0	4	80.0