Table 1. Patient Demographics and Gastric Cancer Characteristics.
| Clinicopathological characteristics | Patient number (%) |
|---|---|
| Age | |
| ≤60 years | 11 (34) |
| >60 years | 21 (66) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 18 (56) |
| Female | 14 (44) |
| Histology | |
| Moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma | 14 (44) |
| Poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma | 18 (56) |
| Vascular invasion | |
| Yes | 14 (44) |
| No | 18 (56) |
| AJCC TNM stage* | |
| I | 9 (28) |
| II | 6 (19) |
| III | 12 (37) |
| IV | 5 (16) |
| Primary tumor | |
| T1 | 6 (19) |
| T2 | 12 (37) |
| T3 | 11 (34) |
| T4 | 3 (9) |
| Node status | |
| N0 | 12 (37) |
| N1 | 7 (22) |
| N2 | 8 (25) |
| N3 | 5 (16) |
| Metastasis | |
| M0 | 30 (94) |
| M1a | 2 (6) |
*
According to the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC)
a
Peritoneal metastasis