highly significantp < 0.001
The difference was highly significant ( p < 0.001).
The difference was highly significant ( p < 0.001).
After multivariate analysis, only combined nodal status and preoperative CEA ( p = 0.033), no postoperative s-CT ( p = 0.001), positive margins ( p = 0.008), and, with borderline significance, age ( p = 0.052) were independently associated with PM. 4.
However, peritumoral ( p = 0.200) and intratumoral infiltrating lymphocytes ( p = 0.127) did not reach statistical significance (data not shown). 3.3.