TABLE 1.
Characteristics of all patients at presentation.
| Total No. pts (%) | 31 | (100) |
| Age (yrs) | ||
| Median | 63 | |
| Range | 45–78 | |
| No. gender (%) | ||
| Male | 27 | (87) |
| Female | 4 | (13) |
| No. race (%) | ||
| White | 30 | (97) |
| Black | 0 | (0) |
| Other | 1 | (3) |
| No. clinical stage (%) | ||
| I | 4 | (13) |
| II | 7 | (23) |
| III | 5 | (16) |
| IV | 15 | (48) |
| T1N0 | 4 | (13) |
| T2N0 | 7 | (23) |
| T3N0 | 4 | (13) |
| T4aN0 | 1 | (3) |
| T4bN0 | 7 | (23) |
| N1M0 | 4 | (13) |
| M1 | 4 | (13) |
| Histologic variants (No.; %) | ||
| None | 14 | (45) |
| Signet ring cell | 11 | (35) |
| Adenocarcinoma | 2 | (6) |
| Micropapillary | 2 | (6) |
| Other1 | 2 | (6) |
1
Includes one patient with foci of spindle cells, and one patient who had glandular and micropapillary features.