Table VI.

Indicators of gastric cancer patients with or without distant organ metastasis.

M stage	Non- metastasis	Simultaneous metastasis	P-value
No. of patients	26	6	-
M-CSF (μg/l)	0.94±1.40	0.33±0.07	0.043a
CEA (μg/l)	3.08±3.88	16.96±15.45	0.05
AFP (μg/l)	7.39±21.96	154.92±339.83	0.19
CA72-4 (μg/l)	18.45±55.55	7.69±4.14	0.21
CEA/M-CSF ratio	6.20±8.07	53.13±51.55	0.048a

^aStatistically significant differences.

M-CSF, macrophage colony-stimulating factor; CEA, carcinoembryonic antigen; AFP, α-fetoprotein; CA, carbohydrate antigen.