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Relationship between time to recurrence and the clinicopathologic findings

Parameter	Recurrence			P
	<2 years (n=182)	2–5 years (n=61)	>5 years (n=23)
Gender				0.934
Male	120	41	16
Female	62	20	7
Age (year)				0.003
≤56	78	37	17
>56	104	24	6
Operation				0.198
Total	84	21	12
Subtotal	98	40	11
T-stage				0.586
T1	4	4	1
T2	39	17	5
T3	104	30	14
T4	35	10	3
N-stage				0.001
N0	7	5	1
N1	28	11	11
N2	48	22	7
N3	99	23	4
Stage				0.004
I	5	3	2
II	14	10	1
III	52	21	14
IV	111	27	6
Vascular invasion				<0.001
Negative	76	40	19
Positive	106	21	4
Lymphatic invasion				0.065
Negative	4	5	2
Positive	178	56	21
Neural invasion				0.607
Negative	17	7	1
Positive	165	54	22
Histology				0.066
Differentiated	47	13	1
Undifferentiated	135	48	22
Lauren				0.482
Intestinal	62	18	7
Diffuse	93	38	14
Mixed	27	5	2
Location				0.103
Lower	85	37	10
Middle	42	11	4
Upper	23	10	4
Entire	32	3	3
Recurrence site				0.397
Locoregional	42	19	10
Hematogene	32	7	2
Peritoneum	74	25	8
Multiple	34	10	3
Tumor size (cm)				0.063
<5	30	17	2
≥	152	44	21