Patient Characteristics
| Characteristic | No. of patients |
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| Male | 53 |
| Female | 28 |
| Gastrectomy | |
| Radical | 74 |
| Palliative | 7 |
| Extent of lymphadenectomy | |
| D2 | 68 |
| D3 | 7 |
| D4 | 6 |
| T stage | |
| T1 | 17 |
| T2 | 6 |
| T3 | 55 |
| T4 | 3 |
| N stage | |
| N0 | 28 |
| N1 | 20 |
| N2 | 26 |
| N3 | 7 |
| Histology of primary tumors in EGC | |
| WD tubular adenocarcinoma | 5 |
| MD tubular adenocarcinoma | 3 |
| PD tubular adenocarcinoma | 3 |
| Signet ring cell carcinoma | 6 |
| Histology of primary tumors in AGC | |
| WD tubular adenocarcinoma | 1 |
| MD tubular adenocarcinoma | 22 |
| PD tubular adenocarcinoma | 36 |
| Signet ring cell carcinoma | 4 |
| Lymphoepitheliomalike carcinoma | 1 |
| Macroscopic types of primary tumors in AGC | |
| Type I | 9 |
| Type II | 21 |
| Type III | 22 |
| Type IV | 12 |
WD = well differentiated; MD = moderately differentiated; PD = poorly differentiated.
Mean age of patients was 56.6 y; range was 32–82 y.