Table 1.
Clinicopathological characteristics of patients with gastric cancer
| Variables | All patients (N=305)a | |
|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 64 (53.5, 74) | |
| Sex | ||
| Female | 111 (36.4%) | |
| Male | 194 (63.6%) | |
| Lauren's classification | ||
| Diffuse | 56 (18.4%) | |
| Intestinal | 227 (74.4%) | |
| Mixed | 22 (7.2%) | |
| WHO classification | ||
| Mucinous | 5 (1.6%) | |
| Tubular | 239 (78.4%) | |
| Poorly cohesive | 57 (18.7%) | |
| Mixed (tubular and poorly cohesive) | 2 (0.7%) | |
| Mixed (tubular and papillary) | 1 (0.3%) | |
| Adenosquamous | 1 (0.3%) | |
| TNM classification | ||
| Stages IA/IB | 114 (37.4%)/37 (12.1%) | |
| Stages IIA/IIB | 30 (9.8%)/25 (8.2%) | |
| Stages IIIA/IIIB/IIIC | 34 (11.1%)/22 (7.2%)/27(8.9%) | |
| Stages IV | 16 (5.2%) | |
| Family history of gastric cancer | ||
| 2 family members | 5 (1.6%) | |
| 1 family member | 32 (10.5%) | |
| No family history | 161 (52.8%) | |
| Unknown | 107 (35.1%) | |
| Age of cancer diagnosis | ||
| Early-onset (≤45 years) | 29 (9.5%) | |
| Late-onset (>45 years) | 276 (90.5%) | |
| Other cancer histories in a patient | ||
| Breast cancer | 2 (0.7%) | |
| Colon cancer | 3 (1.0%) | |
| Other cancerb | 8 (2.6%) | |
| None | 185 (60.7%) | |
| Unknown | 107 (35.1%) | |
aResults are expressed as median (interquartile ranges) or number (%).bTwo patients with urinary tract cancer, a patient with essential thrombocythemia, a patient with pharyngeal cancer, a patient with lung cancer, a patient with papillary thyroid cancer, a patient with ovary cancer, and a patient with hepatocellular carcinoma and cervix cancer.