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Table 2 Pathologic parameters and outcome

From: Pulmonary mucinous adenocarcinomas: a clinicopathologic series with emphasis on the prognostic significance of spread through alveolar spaces, and presence of solid growth component

Pathologic parameter

Tumor size

0.6 cm- 8.2 cm

% Invasion

0–100%, average 46%

Tumors with solid growth

N = 5; range 18–50%

Tumors with solid growth (cribriform pattern)

N = 12; range 5–80%

Tumors with papillary growth

N = 5; range 5–80%

Tumors with acinar growth

N = 19; range 10–100%

Tumors with colloid areas

N = 9; range 20–100% (2–100%)

STAS, all types, n

22 (73%)

STAS, single cells, solid nests, clusters, n

14 (47%)

STAS, micropapillary type, n

8 (27%)

STAS, grade 1: STAS, grade 2 n

11:11

Outcome

N (%)

Distant metastasis

7 (23%)

Lymph node metastasis

3 (10%)

Lung spread beyond lobe

7 (23%)

Deceased

11 (37%)

Dead of disease

5 (17%)