Variable | CXCR3 expression | p Value | CXCR4 expression | p Value | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | High (%, n=26) | Low (%, n=119) | High (%, n=56) | Low (%, n=89) | |||
Tumour location | |||||||
Right side | 69 | 69.2 | 78.6 | 0.545 | 74.1 | 78.6 | 0.673 |
Left side | 76 | 84.6 | 85.7 | 1.000 | 79.3 | 89.4 | 0.252 |
Histological differentiation | |||||||
Well | 23 | 83.3 | 82.4 | 0.938 | 62.5 | 93.3 | 0.049 |
Moderate | 95 | 71.4 | 81.5 | 0.485 | 76.9 | 82.1 | 0.611 |
Poor and Mucinous | 27 | 83.3 | 85.7 | 0.904 | 88.9 | 83.3 | 0.714 |
TNM stage | |||||||
I | 25 | 100 | 90 | 0.470 | 88.9 | 93.8 | 0.673 |
IIA | 93 | 75 | 81.8 | 0.592 | 79.4 | 81.4 | 0.869 |
IIB | 27 | 60 | 77.3 | 0.573 | 61.5 | 85.7 | 0.150 |
Lymphovascular invasion | |||||||
Yes | 10 | 100 | 88.9 | 0.705 | 100 | 83.3 | 0.439 |
No | 135 | 76 | 81.8 | 0.606 | 75 | 84.3 | 0.203 |
Serum CEA (ng/mL) | |||||||
<5 | 90 | 93.3 | 90.7 | 0.687 | 85.7 | 94.5 | 0.149 |
≥5 | 55 | 54.5 | 68.2 | 0.477 | 61.9 | 67.6 | 0.768 |
CEA, carcinoembryonic antigen; TNM, tumour, node, metastases