Table 1 Clinical characteristics of 99 patients with gastric cancer
Characteristics | No. (%) |
|---|---|
Age, years | Â |
 Median | 57.1 ± 11.4 |
 Range | 28-86 |
Sex | Â |
 Male | 66 (66.7) |
 Female | 33 (33.3) |
Tumor location | Â |
 Lower stomach | 50 (50.5) |
 Middle stomach | 14 (14.1) |
 Upper stomach | 22 (22.2) |
 Whole stomach | 13 (13.1) |
Tumor (T) stage | Â |
 T1 | 6 (6.0) |
 T2 | 16 (16.2) |
 T3 | 67 (67.7) |
 T4 | 10 (10.1) |
Lymphatic vessel invasion | Â |
 With | 70 (70.7) |
 Without | 29 (29.3) |
Pathological lymph node (N) status | Â |
 N0 | 25 (25.2) |
 N1 | 37 (37.4) |
 N2 | 34 (34.3) |
 N3 | 3 (3.0) |
Distant metastasis (M) status | Â |
 M0 | 94 (94.9) |
 M1 | 5 (5.1) |
TNM stage | Â |
 I | 16 (16.2) |
 II | 14 (14.1) |
 III | 55 (55.6) |
 IV | 14 (14.1) |
Histological type | Â |
 Differentiated | 30 (30.3) |
 Undifferentiated | 69 (69.7) |