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Table 2 GC in the province of Cremona: pathological and clinical characteristics of incident cases (all cases and grouped by surgery) total and by sex

From: Epidemiological, clinical and pathological characteristics of gastric neoplasms in the province of Cremona: the experience of the first population-based specialized gastric cancer registry in Italy

Factor

Total incident cases

Resected GCs

Not-resected GCs

Total (N)

M (%)

F (%)

Total (N)

M (%)

F (%)

Total (N)

M (%)

F (%)

Number of cases

876

58.6

41.4

361

40.5

42.1

515

59.2

40.8

Primary tumour location

 Cardias-GEJ

106

17.5

8.3

32

12.9

4.1

74

21.2

11.9

 Body-Fundus

366

50.2

42.9

164

49.5

43.5

202

50.8

42.4

 Antrum-Pylorus

304

32.3

48.8

153

37.6

52.4

151

28.0

45.8

 Not defined§

100

  

12

  

88

  

Tumour Histotype

 Intestinal ADK

538

68.0

58.5

217

66.3

51.6

321

69.2

64.0

 Diffuse /mixed ADK

243

24.9

34.8

127

28.9

43.8

116

22.2

27.5

 Others

58

7.1

6.7

17

4.8

4.6

41

8.6

8.5

Tumour Grading (ADKs)

 G1

29

5.1

7.6

19

5.2

6.5

11

4.4

7.3

 G2

204

46.2

35.7

151

51.5

37.0

68

36.3

32.9

 G3–4

103

48.7

56.7

162

43.3

56.5

116

59.3

59.8

HP infection (presence of HP/evaluated cases)

 Province of Cremona

103/567

19.9

15.7

49/256

20.0

18.0

54/311

19.8

13.7

 Crema

24/228

12.8

7.4

9/95

16.7

21.1

15/133

32.4

17.6

 Cremona

69/275

26.0

23.5

37/130

76.7

73.7

32/145

59.5

58.8

 Casalmaggiore

10/64

16.1

15.2

3/31

6.7

5.3

7/33

8.1

23.5

HER-2 status (amplified/evaluated cases)

 Province of Cremona

55/205

29.6

21.4

30/97

38.7

17.1

25/108

21.9

25.7

TNM Stage at diagnosis

 Stage I

122

20.2

27.6

82

20.0

27.7

40

20.5

27.4

 Stage II

98

17.7

20.0

97

26.8

28.4

1

0.9

0

 Stage III

131

25.9

23.3

130

39.5

33.1

1

0.9

0

 Stage IV

176

36.3

29.0

44

13.7

10.8

132

77.7

72.6

 Not available§

349

  

8

  

341*

  
  1. Legend: M male, F female, ADK Adenocarcinoma, G Tumour grading, # numbers and not percentages were reported for these values, § data not included in the statistical analyses, * pts who did not have surgery (no pathological staging) for whom clinical staging was unavailable