Table 1.
Clinicopathological features of the cohort patients (n = 226)
| n | % | Mean ± SD | |
| Age | 64.4 ± 12.8 | ||
| Sex | |||
| Male | 158 | 69.9 | |
| Female | 68 | 30.1 | |
| Tissue sample | |||
| Biopsied | 84 | 37.2 | |
| Resected | 142 | 62.8 | |
| Microscopic features according to WHO classification | |||
| Tubular | 121 | 53.5 | |
| Papillary | 4 | 1.8 | |
| Mucinous | 26 | 11.5 | |
| Poorly differentiated | 41 | 18.1 | |
| Signet ring cell | 21 | 9.3 | |
| Poor adhesive | 5 | 2.2 | |
| Specific | 8 | 3.5 | |
| Microscopic features according to Lauren classification | |||
| Intestinal | 146 | 64.6 | |
| Difffuse | 34 | 15.0 | |
| Unidentified | 46 | 20.4 | |
| MSM | |||
| MSM/non-diffuse | 22 | 9.7 | |
| MSM/diffuse | 26 | 11.5 | |
| Non-MSM/non-diffuse | 167 | 73.9 | |
| Non-MSM/diffuse | 11 | 4.9 | |
| MLC | |||
| Non-diffuse/proximal | 12 | 5.3 | |
| Non-diffuse/distal | 174 | 77.0 | |
| Diffuse | 40 | 17.7 | |
| Differentiated grade | |||
| Differentiated | 119 | 52.7 | |
| Undifferentiated | 107 | 47.3 | |
WHO: World Health Organization
MSM: mucinous-secreting morphology
MLC: Tumor Location-Modified Lauren classification