Table 1.
The characteristics of gastric cancer patients with PALM
| Characteristic | Number of patients |
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| Men | 33 |
| Women | 14 |
| Surgery | |
| Gastrectomy | 18 |
| Distal gastrectomy | 14 |
| Macroscopic type JCGC | |
| Type 2 | 9 |
| Type 3 | 30 |
| Type 4 | 8 |
| Histological type | |
| Adenocarcinoma | 37 |
| Mucinous cancer | 4 |
| Signet ring cancer | 6 |
| Differentiation | |
| High-medium | 2 |
| Low | 45 |
JCGC Japanese classification of gastric carcinoma