Table 1.
Clinicopathological characteristics of GC patients
| Variables | Number of each group (%) |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 60 (57.1) |
| Female | 45 (42.9) |
| Age (year) | |
| ≤60 | 64 (61.0) |
| >60 | 41 (39.0) |
| Size of tumor (cm) | |
| ≤5 | 75 (71.4) |
| >5 | 30 (28.6) |
| Location of tumor | |
| Lower 1/3 | 40 (38.1) |
| Middle 1/3 | 20 (19.0) |
| Upper 1/3 | 38 (36.2) |
| More than 1/3 | 7 (6.7) |
| Degree of differentiation | |
| Well/Moderate | 11 (10.5) |
| Poor | 94 (89.5) |
| Lauren’s classification | |
| Intestinal type | 73 (69.5) |
| Diffuse type | 32 (69.5) |
| Serosal invasion* | |
| T1 | 8 (7.6) |
| T2 | 4 (3.8) |
| T3 | 10 (9.5) |
| T4 | 83 (79.0) |
| Lymph node metastasis* | |
| N0 | 39 (37.1) |
| N1 | 26 (24.8) |
| N2 | 19 (18.1) |
| N3 | 21 (20.0) |
| Vav1 expression | |
| Negative | 62 (59.0) |
| Positive | 43 (41.0) |
*
7th TNM classification.