Table 1 Characteristics of patients, their biopsies and RNA isolates
From: Small RNAs in the peripheral blood discriminate metastasized from non-metastasized seminoma
# | Metastasis detection at time of primary tumor’s diagnosis | Age at diagnosis (years) | Tumor size (mm) | pL | pV | pT | Infiltration rete testis | Initial clinical stage | Total RNA (μg) | RIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Non metastasized | 38 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | n | cSI | 7.6 | 7.8 |
2 | 50 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | n | cSI | 8.6 | 8.3 | |
3 | 31 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | n | cSI | 6.4 | 7.0 | |
4 | 42 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | y | cSI | 3.9 | 8.0 | |
5 | 35 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | y | cSI | 8.2 | 7.6 | |
Mean | 39.1 | 23.8 | 6.9 | 7.7 | ||||||
stdev | 7.2 | 12.2 | 1.9 | 0.5 | ||||||
1 | Lymphogen metastasized | 32 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | n | cSIIb | 5.0 | 8.5 |
2 | 50 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | n | cSIIc | 5.1 | 8.8 | |
3 | 43 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | n | cSIIb | 8.1 | 8.3 | |
4 | 42 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 2 | y | cSIIb | 3.2 | 9.3 | |
5 | 61 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1 | y | cSIIc | 3.2 | 8.2 | |
Mean | 45.2 | 37.8 | 4.9 | 8.6 | ||||||
stdev | 10.8 | 14.9 | 2.0 | 0.4 | ||||||
1 | Occult metastasized | 33 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 2 | n | cSI | 5.0 | 6.0 |
2 | 37 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | y | cSI | 4.1 | 7.4 | |
3 | 37 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | n | cSI | 7.0 | 7.8 | |
4 | 31 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | n | cSI | 8.1 | 7.4 | |
5 | 23 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 1 | n | cSI | 10.0 | 6.4 | |
Mean | 32.1 | 38.6 | 6.8 | 7.0 | ||||||
stdev | 5.4 | 16.2 | 2.4 | 0.8 |