Table 1.
Characteristics and their prognostic significance for PD group
| Factors | Number of patients | P |
| Age (yr) | 0.1405 | |
| < 56 | 7 | |
| ≥ 56 | 10 | |
| Gender | 0.4412 | |
| Male | 11 | |
| Female | 6 | |
| Metastases | 0.2010 | |
| Synchronous | 14 | |
| Metachronous | 3 | |
| Tumor size | 0.9837 | |
| < 4 cm | 8 | |
| ≥ 4 cm | 9 | |
| Histologic differentiation | 0.0011 | |
| Well | 4 | |
| Moderate or poor | 13 | |
| Gastric carcinoma depth of invasion | 0.0610 | |
| Borrmann III | 6 | |
| Borrmann IV | 11 | 0.0516 |
| Lymph node metastasis | ||
| Positive | 10 | |
| Negative | 7 | 0.7948 |
| Gastrectomy pattern | ||
| Total gastrectomy | 11 | |
| Subtotal gastrectomy | 6 | 0.0174 |
| Resection margins | ||
| Positive | 5 | |
| Negative | 12 | 0.1486 |
| Combined other organs | ||
| No | 14 | |
| Yes | 3 |