Table 1.

Patients and tumour characteristics (n = 14).

Characteristics	Number (range)
Mean age (years)	64 (39 to 84)
Gender (male/female)
Male	12
Female	2
Tumour diameter (cm)	9.4 (1.7 to 29)
Disease status at diagnosis	—
Locally advanced	12
Local recurrence	1
Metastatic	1
Performance status at diagnosis (ECOG)	—
0	10
1	2
2	2
Disease location	—
Stomach	9
Duodenum	2
Liver	1
Oesophagus	1
Rectum	1