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World J Gastroenterol. May 28, 2006; 12(20): 3288-3291
Published online May 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i20.3288
Table 1 General data of 97 PC cases
Location of tumorDiagnosis
Size of tumor (cm)Metastasis
Patients nOperationImage+ A19-9ImageLiverLungLymph nodeColonSpinal column
Head of pancrreas5546454.1 ± 2.37-151-
Neck of pancrreas1713-45.5 ± 3.82-31-
Body of pancrreas125344.7 ± 3.1--3--
Tail of pancrreas77--8.6 ± 3.5--4--
Whole pancreas6132--12-1
Table 2 VAS, plasma Sub P (ng/L) and β-Ep (nmol/L) pre- and post-operation (mean ± SD)
OperationVASSub Pβ-EP
Pre-8.0 ± 2.3254.1 ± 96.73.2 ± 0.8
Post-
1 d5.2 ± 1.8b231.3 ± 101.35.1 ± 1.2f
3 d4.6 ± 2.1b182.4 ± 77.6c8.8 ± 2.1f
7 d4.3 ± 1.3b174.5 ± 90.3c9.2 ± 1.8f
15 d3.7 ± 2.0b154.7 ± 81.2c7.6 ± 2.0f
30 d4.1 ± 1.9b188.2 ± 90.6c6.7 ± 1.6f
Table 3 Blood T cell subtypes (%) and β-EP (nmol/L) pre- and post-operation (mean ± SD)
IndexControl(n = 38)Therapeutic (n = 96)
Pre-Postoperation
3 d7 d15 d30 d
CD3+70.3 ± 4.946.7 ± 3.748.8 ± 5.158.7 ± 3.7b62.5 ± 5.5b61.2 ± 6.1b
CD4+46.6 ± 5.331.2 ± 5.033.1 ± 3.837.6 ± 4.1d40.6 ± 4.4d39.6 ± 3.1d
CD8+23.4 ± 4.115.0 ± 2.514.7 ± 2.820.9 ± 3.0f22.0 ± 2.7f21.4 ± 3.2f
β-EP8.7 ± 2.33.2 ± 0.8 8.8 ± 2.1h9.2 ± 1.8h7.6 ± 2.0h6.7 ± 1.6h