Tumor budding as a risk factor of lymph node metastasis in submucosal invasive T1 colorectal carcinoma: a retrospective study

Table 3 Clinicopathological features of eight patients who had T1 colorectal cancer with lymph node metastases

Sex	Age	Location	Shape	No of (+) LN^†	Size (cm)	Grade	Depth		LVI^‡	Budding	MA^§	Recurrence site	DFS^∥(months)	OS (months)
							μm	Kudo
F	60	S^††	Isp	1	1.8	MD^†††	5000	Sm3	-	+	+	No	54	54
M	64	Ra^‡‡	Is	1	1.5	MD^†††	1000	Sm1	-	+	+	No	49	49
M	63	S^††	Is	1	1.5	MD^†††	3500	Sm3	-	+	+	No	37	37
F	62	Rb^§§	Is	6	3.2	MD^†††	1500	Sm1	+	+	-	liver	3	11
M	75	A^∥∥	Is	2	1.8	MD^†††	3000	Sm3	-	-	-	No	15	15
F	78	A^∥∥	Ip	4	6	WD^‡‡‡	3000	Sm2	+	+	-	No	13	13
M	50	RS^¶¶	Ip	2	3	MD^†††	NR^§§§	NR^§§§	NR^§§§	NR^§§§	NR^§§§	No	13	13
M	60	S^††	Ip	1	1.6	MD^†††	NR^§§§	NR^§§§	NR^§§§	NR^§§§	NR^§§§	No	12	12

† = Lymph node, ‡ = Lymphovascular invasion, § = Microacinar structure, ∥ = Disease free survival,
¶ = Overall survival, †† = Sigmoid colon, ‡‡ = Rectum above peritoneal reflexion,
§§ = Rectum below peritoneal reflexion, ∥∥ = Ascending colon, ¶¶ = Rectosigmoid colon,
††† = Moderately differentiated, ‡‡‡ = Well differentiated, §§§ = Not reported.

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