Table 1. Patient characteristics.

	Breast cancer (n = 98)	Gastric cancer (n = 65)	Healthy Control (n = 80)
Characteristic	No. of patients	No. of patients	No. of patients
Age (years)
Mean	58	62	57
Median (range)	61 (37–80)	60 (31–80)	59 (39–65)
Gender
Male	0	32	34
Female	98	33	46
TNM stage
*DCIS	27	-	-
I	30	12	-
II	27	7	-
III	13	19	-
IV	1	27	-

*DCIS, Ductal carcinoma in situ.