Table I.
Clinicopathological characteristics of 275 patients with gastric cancer.
| Characteristics | n |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 179 |
| Female | 96 |
| Age, years | |
| ≤70 | 159 |
| >70 | 116 |
| Histological type | |
| Differentiated | 109 |
| Undifferentiated | 166 |
| Depth of tumor invasion | |
| pT1 | 138 |
| pT2 | 17 |
| pT3 | 63 |
| pT4 | 57 |
| Lymph node metastasis | |
| Negative | 145 |
| Positive | 130 |
| Lymphatic invasion | |
| Negative | 133 |
| Positive | 142 |
| Venous invasion | |
| Negative | 152 |
| Positive | 123 |
| Tumor stage | |
| I | 139 |
| II | 44 |
| III | 64 |
| IV | 28 |
pT1, invasion of lamina propria or submucosa; pT2, invasion of muscularis propria; pT3, invasion of subserosa; pT4, penetration of serosa or invasion of adjacent structures.