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Table 3 The rate and site of recurrence after resection of pancreatic cancer in relation to metastin expression.

From: Prognostic value of metastin expression in human pancreatic cancer

 

Metastin expression Positive (n = 13)

Metastin expression Negative (n = 40)

P value

Recurrence, n (%)

5 (38.5%)

28 (70.0%)

0.04

Site of recurrence

   

   Liver, n (%)

4 (30.8%)

11 (27.5%)

0.82

   Local, n (%)

2 (15.4%)

7 (17.5%)

0.86

   Peritoneum, n (%)

1 (7.7%)

8 (20.0%)

0.30

   Lymph nodes, n (%)

1 (7.7%)

4 (10.0%)

0.80

   Lungs, n (%)

0

1 (2.5%)

0.56

   Bone, n (%)

0

1 (2.5%)

0.56

   Unknown*, n (%)

0

1 (2.5%)

0.56

  1. * Confirmed by elevated tumor marker during follow-up