Table 1. Clinico-pathologic characteristics of the patients.
| Factor | Number of patients | % | |
| 92 | |||
| Gender | |||
| Male | 78 | 84.8 | |
| female | 15 | 16.3 | |
| UICC pT catergory | |||
| pT1 | 30 | 32.6 | |
| pT2 | 21 | 22.8 | |
| pT3 | 41 | 44.6 | |
| UICC pN category | |||
| pN0 | 46 | 50 | |
| pN1/2 | 46 | 50 | |
| Metastases | |||
| cM0 | 84 | 91.3 | |
| cM1 | 8 | 8.7 | |
| Tumour grading | |||
| G1 | 2 | 2.2 | |
| G2 | 39 | 42.4 | |
| G3 | 51 | 55.4 | |
| Resection status | |||
| R0 | 76 | 82.6 | |
| R1 | 16 | 17.4 | |
| Survival | |||
| alive | 41 | 44.6 | |
| dead of disease | 51 | 55.4 | |
pT: tumour status as determined in pathology; pN: lymph node status as determined in pathology; cM: occurrence of distant metastases as determined by attending physician, cM0: no distant metastases, cM1: distant metastases present.