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Table 1 Mast cell counts in colon cancers

From: No relationship between the distribution of mast cells and the survival of stage IIIB colon cancer patients

Location of mast cells

Mast cell count

(median±interquartile range)

MCCstroma*

2.60 ± 4.80

MCCadjacent

10.60 ± 8.90

MCCslnm

4.00 ± 5.90

MCCalnm

5.20 ± 4.90

MCClnwm

10.20 ± 10.00

  1. *: MCCstroma, the count of tryptase-positive mast cells in the cancer stroma of the primary colon tumor; MCCadjacent, the count of tryptase-positive mast cells in the normal mucosa adjacent to the colon cancer; MCCslnm, the count of tryptase-positive mast cells in the stroma of matched lymph node metastasis; MCCalnm, the count of tryptase-positive mast cells in the normal lymph tissue adjacent to the lymph node metastasis; MCClnwm, the count of tryptase-positive mast cells in the regional-draining lymph node without metastasis.