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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 28, 2006; 12(4): 603-607
Published online Jan 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i4.603
Table 1 Characteristics of patients (n=31)
CharacteristicsNumber of (%) patients
Age (yr)
Median51.9
Range24-70
Sex
Male21 (67.8)
Female10 (32.2)
Type of operation
Radical subtotal gastrectomy16 (51.6)
Radical total gastrectomy15(48.4)
Location
Antrum17 (54.8)
Corpus9 (29.0)
Cardia5 (16.1)
Lauren classification
Diffuse20 (64.5)
Intestinal6 (19.4)
Mixed5 (16.1)
Borrmann type
I1 (3.2)
II4 (12.9)
III18 (58.1)
IV8 (25.8)
Stage
IIIA11 (35.5)
T2bN22 (6.5)
T3N19 (29.0)
IIIB14 (45.2)
T3N214 (45.2)
IV (M0)6 (19.4)
T4N21 (3.2)
T2bN31 (3.2)
T3N34 (13.0)
Number of positive nodes
Median9
Range1-49


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