Table 4 VEGF expression and other clinicopathologic factors
From: Vascular endothelial growth factor in children with neuroblastoma: a retrospective analysis
Characteristics | VEGF score | |
|---|---|---|
Low | High | |
No. patients | ||
Total number | 12 | 44 |
Gender | ||
Male | 7 | 28 |
Female | 5 | 16 |
Age | ||
>18 months old | 4 | 32 |
≤ 18 months old | 8 | 12 |
Histologic subtype | ||
Stroma-rich | ||
Well differentiated | 1 | 2 |
Intermixed | 3 | 7 |
Focal nodular | 1 | 2 |
Stroma-poor | ||
Undifferentiated | 6 | 24 |
Differentiating | 1 | 9 |
Histology | ||
Favourable | 5 | 18 |
Unfavourable | 7 | 26 |
Stage | ||
1 | 1 | 2 |
2 | 7 | 8 |
3 | 3 | 17 |
4 | 0 | 17 |
4s | 1 | 0 |
Transplant | ||
No | 9 | 30 |
Yes | 3 | 14 |
Survival | ||
Alive | 12 | 23 |
Dead | 0 | 21 |