Gastric Cancer
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2003.
World J Gastroenterol. Jul 15, 2003; 9(7): 1421-1426
Published online Jul 15, 2003. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i7.1421
Table 1 Correlation between clinicopathologic factors and survival time
VariablesAlive more than 5 years n = 106Died within 5 years n = 47P value
Gender
Male76 (71.7)33 (70.2)NS
Female30 (28.3)14 (29.8)
Age(years)
< 6028 (26.4)18 (38.3)NS
≥ 6078 (73.6)29 (61.7)
Location of tumor
Cardia19 (17.9)11 (23.4)NS
Corpus37 (34.9)17 (31.9)
Antrum50 (47.2)21 (44.7)
Depth of invasion
Mucosa or submucosa57 (53.8)6 (12.8)< 0.01
Muscularis propria49 (46.2)41 (87.2)
Histology
Differentiated41 (38.7)19 (40.4)NS
Undifferentiated65 (61.3)28 (59.6)
Lymph node metastasis
Present21 (19.8)38 (80.9)< 0.01
Absent85 (80.2)9 (19.1)
Vascular invasion
Present9 (8.5)26 (55.3)< 0.01
Absent97 (91.5)21 (44.7)
Chemotherapy
Yes69 (65.1)20 (42.6)< 0.05
No37 (34.9)27 (57.4)