Table 2. Characteristics of the gastric carcinoma patients screened (N = 432).

Characteristics	N = 432
Age (yrs)  Median, range	53, 23–74
Sex  Male  Female	280 (64.8%) 152 (35.2%)
Type of gastrectomy  Subtotal gastrectomy  Total gastrectomy  Others	256 (59.3%) 175 (40.5%)  1 (0.2%)
Location of tumor  Distal 1/3  Middle 1/3  Cardia, GE junction  Whole, multicentric  Reminant stomach	231 (53.5%) 130 (30.1%)  53 (12.3%) 17 (3.9%)  1 (0.2%)
Grade  Well/moderate differentiated tubular  Poorly-differentiated tubular  Signet ring cell  Mucinous  Papillary  Hepatoid  Others	111 (25.7%) 200 (46.3%) 101 (23.4%) 14 (3.2%)  3 (0.7%)  2 (0.5%)  1 (0.2%)
Lauren type  Intestinal  Diffuse  Mixed	139 (32.2%) 280 (64.8%) 13 (3.0%)
Lymphovascular invasion  Present  Not present	212 (49.1%) 220 (50.9%)
pT1 stage  T1  T2  T3	38 (8.8%) 317 (73.4%)  77 (17.8%)
pN stage  N0  N1  N2  N3	40 (9.3%) 223 (51.6%) 103 (23.8%)  66 (15.3%)
AJCC stage  IB  II  IIIA  IIIB  IV	68 (15.7%) 167 (38.7%) 111 (25.7%) 19 (4.4%)  67 (15.5%)