Table 1.

Patient and tumor characteristics.

Patient Characteristic		Total population n=36	Proximal non-Diffuse (n=12)	Diffuse (n=10)	Distalnon-diffuse (n=14)
Age
	Median (range)	59 (25–74)	62 (33–74)	59 (25–70)	58 (52–71)
Gender
Male/Female			8 M/4F	2 M/7 F	7 M/7 F
Histopathology
Differentiation	Mod-Poor	12	6	0	6
	Poorly	24	6	10	8
Lauren’s	Diffuse	14	0	10	0
	Intestinal	19	9	0	10
	Mixed	8	3	0	4
Location
	GEJ/Proximal	15	12	3	0
	Body/Distal	21	0	7	14
Stage at EGD
Node positive		23(64%)	9(69%)	5 (56%)	9(64%)
Early (T1–T2, N0, M0)		7	0	2	5
Locally Advanced (T3–4 or N+)		29	12	8	9