The CD44 expression in hypopharyngeal SCCs was related to pathological N stage, but not to clinical T and N stages and pathological T stage, of the patients. Distant metastasis during the follow-up occurred more frequently in patients with CD44-high SCCs than those with CD44-low SCCs. The 5-year DFS was significantly lower in the former than in the latter.
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