Table 1. Clinicopathological characteristics of gastric cancer patients (n = 106).
| Variables | No. and (%) |
|---|---|
| No. of patients | 106 |
| Age (median; range), years | 59; 21–76 |
| Gender (male / female) | 76/30 (71.7/28.3) |
| Tumor size, cm (≤ 4 / > 4) | 43/62 (40.6/58.5) |
| Borrmann type (I / II / III / IV / other) | 7/41/48/6/4 (6.6/38.7/45.3/5.7/3.8) |
| Tumor location (higher / middle / lower / other) | 45/20/28/13 (42.5/18.9/26.4/12.3) |
| Tumor depth (pT1 / pT2 / pT3 / pT4) | 9/15/77/5 (8.5/14.2/72.6/4.7) |
| Lymph node metastasis (pN0 / pN1 / pN2 / pN3) | 37/47/19/3 (34.9/44.3/17.9/2.8) |
| TNM stage (IA / IB / II / IIIA / IIIB / IV) | 4/9/36/36/15/6 (3.8/8.5/34.0/34.0/14.2/5.7) |
| Lauren classification (intestinal / diffuse / mixed) | 70/34/2 (66.0/32.1/1.9) |
| Histological grade a (I / II / III / other) | 1/25/55/25 (0.9/23.6/51.9/23.6) |
| IL-25+NT cells (median; range) | 39; 0–219 |
| IL-25+ IT cells (median; range) | 143; 0–1229 |
a
Well-differentiated adenocarcinoma (I), moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma (II), poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma (III), other histologic type including signet ring cell and mucinous (other).
Abbreviations: pT, depth of tumor invasion; pN, lymph node metastasis; TNM, tumor-node-metastasis; NT, non-tumoral region; IT, intra-tumoral region.