Table 1.
Variable | No. of patients (%) (n = 354) | |
---|---|---|
Age ≥65 years | 142 (40) | |
Sex | Female | 141 (40) |
Male | 213 (60) | |
Race/ethnicity | White | 196 (55) |
Black | 34 (10) | |
Asian | 39 (11) | |
Hispanic/Latino | 85 (24) | |
Surgery year | 1995–2005 | 134 (38) |
2006–2015 | 220 (62) | |
Histology grade (n = 328) | Well differentiated | 1 (0.3) |
Moderately differentiated | 76 (23) | |
Poorly differentiated | 251 (77) | |
Signet-ring cells | Yes | 180 (51) |
Linitis plastica | Yes | 21 (6) |
Suspicious | 14(4) | |
Location | GEJ | 78 (22) |
Cardia/fundus | 36 (10) | |
Body | 173 (49) | |
Antrum | 67 (19) | |
Type of resection | Total gastrectomy | 193 (54) |
Subtotal gastrectomy | 144 (41) | |
Proximal gastrectomy | 17 (5) | |
Preoperative therapy | Yes | 354 (100) |
Chemoradiation | 265 (75) | |
Postoperative therapy | Yes | 56 (16) |
Concomitant organ resection | Yes | 58 (16) |
Pancreatectomy | 19 (5) | |
Splenectomy | 20 (6) | |
Hepatectomy | 25 (7) | |
Colon/small bowel | 10 (3) | |
Extent of lymph node (LN) dissection = D1+/D2 | Yes | 304 (86) |
Number of LNs examined ≥16 | Yes | 259 (73) |
Postoperative mortality <90 days | Yes | 9 (2.5) |
cT category | 1a/1b | 0 (0) |
2 | 53 (15) | |
3/4a | 274 (77) | |
4b | 27 (8) | |
cN category | Negative | 159 (45) |
Positive | 195 (55) | |
ypT category | 0 | 56 (16) |
1a/1b | 57 (16) | |
2 | 67 (19) | |
3 | 124 (35) | |
4a | 36 (10) | |
4b | 14 (4) | |
ypN category | 0 | 202 (57) |
1 | 79 (22) | |
2 | 36 (10) | |
3 | 37 (10) | |
ypM category | 0 | 336 (95) |
1 | 18 (5) | |
Residual tumor | R0 | 316 (94) |
[n = 336 (ypM0)] | R1 | 20 (6) |