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Table 5 Correlation between pathological characteristics and lymph node metastasis

From: Long-term prognosis of surgical treatment for early ampullary cancers and implications for local ampullectomy

 

Number of patients with lymph node metastasis

P

Gross morphology

 

0.021

  Polypoid

11/62 (17.74%)

 

  Ulcerative

11/27 (40.74%)

 

Tumor size

 

0.046

  ≤1 cm

6/40 (15.00%)

 

  >1 cm

16/49 (32.65%)

 

Tumor grade

 

0.022

  Well

2/25 (8.00%)

 

  Moderate/Poor

20/64 (31.25%)