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Patients’ characteristics (N=89)
| Characteristics | n (%) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 58 (65) |
| Female | 31 (35) |
| Tumor site | |
| Siewert II | 6 (7) |
| Siewert III | 12 (13) |
| Stomach | 71 (80) |
| T stage | |
| T1 | 23 (26) |
| T1a | 4 (17) |
| T1b | 19 (83) |
| T2 | 13 (15) |
| T3 | 26 (29) |
| T4 | 27 (30) |
| T4a | 25 (93) |
| T4b | 2 (7) |
| N stage | |
| N0 | 30 (34) |
| N1 (<7 nodes) | 15 (17) |
| N2 (7–14 nodes) | 20 (22) |
| N3 (>14 nodes) | 24 (27) |
| Histology | |
| Adenocarcinoma | 62 (70) |
| Signet-ring cell | 26 (29) |
| Lymphoepithelial carcinoma | 1 (1) |
| Lauren classification | |
| Intestinal type | 53 (60) |
| Diffuse type | 26 (29) |
| Indeterminate | 10 (11) |
| Surgical approach | |
| Ivor-Lewis | 5 (6) |
| Subtotal gastrectomy | 52 (58) |
| Total gastrectomy | 32 (36) |