Table 3.

Details of surgical procedures and pathology

	Arm A (n = 32)	Arm B (n = 35)
Complete resection R0 (%)	29 (85)	32 (91)
Non-radical resection (%)	2 (5.8)	2 (5.7)
No resection pM1 (peritoneum) (%)	1 (2.9)	1 (2.8)
pCR n (%)	4 (11.7)	NA
pPR n (%)	18 (55)	NA
Total gastrectomy	20	24
Subtotal gastrectomy	11	10
D-2 lymphadenectomy	29	31
D-3 lymphadenectomy	-	2
Excised lymph nodes median (range)	20 (9-39)	26 (13-76)
Metastatic lymph nodes median (range)	1 (0-23)	5 (0-50)

pCR: Pathological complete response; pPR: Pathological partial response; NA: Not available.