TABLE 1.
Patient characteristics
| n = 48 | |
|---|---|
| Age, y | |
| Median (range) | 71 (45–79) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 33 (69%) |
| Female | 15 (31%) |
| Macroscopic type | |
| 1 | 3 (6%) |
| 2 | 17 (35%) |
| 3 | 27 (56%) |
| 5 | 1 (2%) |
| Location | |
| Stomach | 37 (77%) |
| EGJ | 11 (23%) |
| cT status | |
| T2 | 1 (2%) |
| T3 | 3 (6%) |
| T4 | 44 (92%) |
| cN status | |
| N0 | 1 (2%) |
| N1 | 16 (33%) |
| N2 | 20 (42%) |
| N3 | 11 (23%) |
| cStage a | |
| IIIA | 21 (44%) |
| IIIB | 18 (38%) |
| IIIC | 9 (19%) |
Abbreviation: EGJ, esophagogastric junction.
a
TNM staging was based on the 14th edition of the Japanese Classification of Gastric Carcinoma (JCGC).