Prognostic implication of isolated tumor cells and micrometastases in regional lymph nodes of gastric cancer

Table 2 Clinicopathologic findings in seven cases with ITC with multiple scattered single cell pattern

Case	1F/U	1F/U months	Sex	Age	Tumor size (cm)	WHO	Depth	Stage	Number of positive nodes	Number of tumor cells in a lymph node
202	Alive	14	2M	67	2	4P/D	5SM	Ia	4	2
409	Alive	69	M	40	4.5	P/D	6SS	Ib	1	4
437	Died	20	3F	35	6	P/D	SS	Ib	19	>50
726	Died	33	F	40	14	P/D	7SE	II	3	>30
737	Died	28	F	30	3	P/D	SE	IV	9	>20
829	Died	28	M	46	6	P/D	SE	IV	2	45
850	Alive	63	M	49	5	P/D	SS	Ib	1	8

¹Follow-up,

²male,

³female,

⁴poorly differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma,

⁵submucosa,

⁶subserosa,

⁷serosa.