Table 1.
Characteristics of 98 gastric cancer patients
| Characteristic | Cases, n (%) |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 76 (77.6) |
| Female | 22 (22.4) |
| Age | |
| < 57 years | 41 (41.8) |
| > 57 years | 57 (58.2) |
| Family history | |
| Yes | 5 (5.1) |
| No | 93 (94.9) |
| Alcohol history | |
| Yes | 32 (32.7) |
| No | 66 (67.3) |
| Histological type | |
| Tubular adenocarcinoma | 75 (76.5) |
| Non-tubular adenocarcinoma | 23 (23.5) |
| Differentiation | |
| Undifferentiated | 15 (15.3) |
| Poor | 60 (61.2) |
| Moderate | 22 (22.4) |
| Well | 1 (1.0) |
| Growth patterns | |
| Expansive | 2 (2.0) |
| Invasive | 71 (72.4) |
| Expansive + invasive | 25 (25.5) |
| Depth of invasion | |
| T1 | 14 (14.3) |
| T2 | 5 (5.1) |
| T3 | 3 (3.1) |
| T4 | 76 (77.6) |
| Lymph node metastasis | |
| N0 | 52 (53.1) |
| N1 | 32 (32.7) |
| N2 | 11 (11.2) |
| Undetermined | 3 (3.1) |
| Distant metastasis | |
| M0 | 86 (87.8) |
| M1 | 12 (12.2) |
| TNM staging | |
| I | 18 (18.4) |
| IIA-IIC | 29 (29.6) |
| IIIA-IIIC | 39 (39.8) |
| IVA-IVB | 12 (12.2) |