In addition, patients with ADC showed more frequent distant metastasis (P = .011) and worse distant metastasis-free survival compared with patients with SqCC (P = .009).
The minimum ADC value of primary breast lesions predicts axillary LN metastasis in luminal A-like breast cancer with clinically negative nodes, with high sensitivity and high NPV.
Functional maps exhibit better discriminative values than anatomical images for discriminating the pathological features of CSCC, with ADC maps showing the best discrimination performance for LN metastasis and V<sub>e</sub> maps showing the best discriminative value for LVSI and tumor grade.
PTEN expression was significantly correlated with gender, smoking history, histology (adenocarcinoma [ADC] vs. squamous cell carcinoma), tumor node metastasis stage (I-II vs. III-IV), N status (N0 vs. N1-N3), and distant metastasis (M0 vs. M1).