Table 1.

Clinicopathological characteristics of 102 patients with gastric cancers

Characteristics	Value
Age (yrs): Mean ± SD (range)	58.4 ± 10.8 (28–79)
Sex (Male:Female)	65:37
Tumor size (cm): Mean ± SD (range)	5.1 ± 2.9 (0.5–15.0)
Lauren classification (Intestinal:Diffuse:Mixed)	45:32:25
Histologic grade (WD:MD:PD)	19:26:57
TNM stage (I:II:III:IV)	41:13:28:20
Depth of invasion (T1:T2:T3:T4)	17:28:47:10
Lymph node metastasis (Negative:Positive)	49:53
Distant Metastasis (Negative:Positive)	86:16

SD, Standard deviation; WD, Well differentiated; MD, Moderately differentiated; PD, Poorly differentiated; COX-2, Cyclooxygenase-2.