Maturation of fibrotic cancer stroma | No of patients | Prognosis | Survival rate (%) | ||||
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Cancer death | Alive | Non-cancer deaths | Dead: cause unknown | 5 y | 10 y | ||
In the data set of 862 patients, long term survival rates decreased in proportion to maturation of fibrotic stroma. | |||||||
Mature | 453 (52.6%) | 103 | 189 | 123 | 38 | 79.5 | 74.5 |
Intermediate | 284 (32.9%) | 143 | 80 | 42 | 19 | 54.5 | 45.2 |
Immature | 125 (14.5%) | 92 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 27.2 | 20.8 |
Total | 862 (100%) | 338 | 283 | 181 | 60 |