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World J Gastrointest Surg. Oct 27, 2025; 17(10): 109700
Published online Oct 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i10.109700
Published online Oct 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i10.109700
Table 1 Comparison of baseline characteristics between pathological complete response and non-pathological complete response groups, n (%)
| Characteristics | pCR group (n = 41) | Non-pCR group (n = 174) | P value |
| Demographic characteristics | |||
| Age (years), median | 61.3 | 60.8 | 0.742 |
| Gender | 0.796 | ||
| Male | 26 (63.4) | 114 (65.5) | |
| Female | 15 (36.6) | 60 (34.5) | |
| BMI (kg/m2), mean | 22.4 | 22.1 | 0.631 |
| Tumor characteristics | |||
| Lauren classification | < 0.001 | ||
| Intestinal | 26 (63.4) | 55 (31.6) | |
| Diffuse | 10 (24.4) | 81 (46.6) | |
| Mixed | 5 (12.2) | 38 (21.8) | |
| Tumor location | 0.218 | ||
| Cardia | 10 (24.4) | 46 (26.4) | |
| Body | 12 (29.3) | 57 (32.8) | |
| Antrum | 18 (43.9) | 67 (38.5) | |
| Diffuse | 1 (2.4) | 4 (2.3) | |
| Clinical staging | |||
| Clinical T stage | 0.022 | ||
| cT3 | 22 (53.7) | 60 (34.5) | |
| cT4 | 19 (46.3) | 114 (65.5) | |
| Clinical N stage | 0.038 | ||
| cN1 | 20 (48.8) | 54 (31.0) | |
| cN2 | 14 (34.1) | 70 (40.2) | |
| cN3 | 7 (17.1) | 50 (28.8) | |
- Citation: Bi B, Liu C, Chai J, Duan YM. Retrospective analysis of predictive factors for pathological complete response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in gastric cancer. World J Gastrointest Surg 2025; 17(10): 109700
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-9366/full/v17/i10/109700.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4240/wjgs.v17.i10.109700