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Table 2 Patients’ clinicopathologic parameters

From: Comparison of different methods of splenic hilar lymph node dissection for advanced upper- and/or middle-third gastric cancer

 

In situ(n = 68), n(%)

Ex situ(n = 118), n(%)

Splenectomy(n = 31),n(%)

Pvalue

Gender

   

0.238

 Male

47(69.1)

91(77.1)

26(83.9)

 

 Female

21(30.9)

27(22.9)

5(16.1)

 

Age

   

1.000

  < 60

36(52.9)

63(53.4)

17(54.8)

 

  ≥ 60

32(47.1)

55(46.6)

14(45.2)

 

BMI

   

0.716

  < 19

5(7.4)

10(8.5)

1(3.2)

 

  ~ <25

46(67.6)

83(70.3)

22(71.0)

 

  ~ <30

17(25)

22(18.6)

7(22.6)

 

  ≥ 30

0(0)

3(2.5)

1(3.2)

 

NACT

   

0.008

 No

42(61.8)

48(40.7)

11(35.5)

 

 Yes

26(38.2)

70(59.3)

20(64.5)

 

Degree of LND

   

0.090

 D1+

5(7.4)

7(5.9)

1(3.2)

 

 D2

58(85.3)

84(71.2)

23(74.2)

 

 D2+

5(7.4)

27(22.9)

7(22.6)

 

Gastrectomy

   

0.033

 Proximal

28(41.2)

34(28.8)

5(16.1)

 

 Total

40(58.8)

84(71.2)

26(83.9)

 

Differentiation

   

0.115

 Well

1(1.5)

9(7.6)

5(16.1)

 

 Moderate

31(45.6)

53(44.1)

12(38.7)

 

 Poor

36(52.9)

57(48.3)

14(45.2)

 

LVI

   

0.060

 No

26(38.8)

66(55.9)

12(41.4)

 

 Yes

41(61.2)

52(44.1)

17(58.6)

 

Location

   

0.648

 EGJ

35(51.5)

63(53.4)

12(38.7)

 

 U/UM

7(10.3)

10(8.5)

6(19.4)

 

 M/MU

24(35.3)

43(36.4)

12(38.7)

 

 EUM

2(2.9)

2(1.7)

1(3.2)

 

Tumor size

   

0.548

  ≤ 2 cm

7(10.3)

10(8.5)

2(6.5)

 

  ~ ≤5 cm

35(51.5)

56(47.5)

10(32.2)

 

  ~ ≤10 cm

21(30.9)

40(33.9)

14(45.2)

 

  > 10 cm

5(7.4)

12(10.2)

5(16.1)

 

Multi-tumor

   

0.095

 No

68(100)

115(97.5)

29(93.5)

 

 Yes

0

3(2.5)

2(6.5)

 

T stagea

   

0.059

 T2

5(7.4)

11(9.3)

2(6.5)

 

 T3

5(7.4)

1(0.8)

1(3.2)

 

 T4a

51(75.0)

101(85.6)

23(74.2)

 

 T4b

7(10.3)

5(4.2)

5(16.1)

 

N stagea

   

0.230

 N0

8(11.8)

35(29.7)

5(16.1)

 

 N1

13(19.1)

16(13.6)

7(22.6)

 

 N2

16(23.5)

26(22.0)

6(19.4)

 

 N3a

18(26.5)

21(17.8)

8(25.8)

 

 N3b

13(19.1)

20(16.9)

5(16.1)

 
  1. BMI body mass index, NACT neoadjuvant chemotherapy, LND lymph node dissection, LVI lymphovascular invasion, EGJ esophagogastric junction, E esophagus, U upper, M middle
  2. a7th UICC/AJCC TNM classification for gastric cancer