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 | NO. of patients | NKG2D | NKp30 | NKp46 | Perforin | KIR3DL1 | |||||
 |  | % | P | % | P | % | P | % | P | % | P |
Histological grade | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Well/Moderately | 20 | 89.0 ± 3.7 | < 0.01 U | 39.5 ± 19.3 | ns T | 56.0 ± 25.8 | ns T | 83.9 ± 11.6 | < 0.05 U | 20.1 ± 15.9 | ns U |
Poorly | 12 | 77.9 ± 13.3 |  | 47.8 ± 19.2 |  | 53.6 ± 21.8 |  | 63.5 ± 22.8 |  | 18.6 ± 6.6 |  |
Depth of invasion * | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Tis/T1/T2/T3 | 7 | 88.9 ± 4.3 | ns U | 57.0 ± 12.4 | < 0.05 T | 71.4 ± 19.5 | < 0.05 T | 87.7 ± 13.0 | < 0.05 U | 20.7 ± 11.1 | ns U |
T4 | 25 | 83.7 ± 10.9 |  | 38.6 ± 19.2 |  | 50.5 ± 23.5 |  | 73.1 ± 19.6 |  | 19.2 ± 13.8 |  |
Lymph node metastasis | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Absent | 18 | 89.3 ± 4.2 | < 0.01 U | 39.3 ± 20.2 | ns U | 63.8 ± 24.8 | < 0.05 U | 86.2 ± 8.8 | < 0.01 U | 21.2 ± 16.8 | ns U |
Present | 14 | 79.1 ± 12.4 |  | 46.9 ± 18.1 |  | 43.8 ± 18.1 |  | 63.5 ± 21.5 |  | 17.4 ± 5.5 |  |
Blood vessel invasion | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Absent | 25 | 86.5 ± 7.8 | ns U | 42.0 ± 20.1 | ns U | 53.9 ± 24.1 | ns U | 77.8 ± 18.2 | ns U | 19.0 ± 14.5 | ns U |
Present | 7 | 78.9 ± 15.0 |  | 44.6 ± 17.9 |  | 59.1 ± 25.2 |  | 70.7 ± 23.0 |  | 21.4 ± 6.3 |  |
Nerve invasion | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Absent | 27 | 84.0 ± 11.7 | ns U | 40.9 ± 18.6 | ns T | 55.7 ± 23.3 | ns U | 75.8 ± 19.7 | ns U | 20.8 ± 13.7 | ns U |
Present | 5 | 84.7 ± 3.1 |  | 51.8 ± 23.1 |  | 51.4 ± 30.4 |  | 78.8 ± 17.8 |  | 12.7 ± 6.5 |  |