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World J Clin Oncol. Oct 24, 2026; 17(10): 125097
Published online Oct 24, 2026. doi: 10.5306/wjco.125097
Published online Oct 24, 2026. doi: 10.5306/wjco.125097
Table 5 Clinicopathological features of signet ring carcinoma, signet ring carcinoma/poorly cohesive carcinoma-not otherwise specified, and poorly cohesive carcinoma-not otherwise specified after propensity score matching, n (%)
| Before PSM | After PSM | ||||||||||
| SRC | SRC/PCC-NOS | PCC-NOS | P value | SMD | SRC | SRC/PCC-NOS | PCC-NOS | P value | SMD | ||
| n | 70 | 171 | 133 | 56 | 56 | 56 | |||||
| Sex | Female | 37 (52.857) | 95 (55.556) | 44 (33.083) | < 0.001 | 0.309 | 27 (48.214) | 29 (51.786) | 29 (51.786) | 0.909 | 0.048 |
| Male | 33 (47.143) | 76 (44.444) | 89 (66.917) | 29 (51.786) | 27 (48.214) | 27 (48.214) | |||||
| Age | < 60 | 28 (40.000) | 82 (47.953) | 53 (39.850) | 0.581 | 0.144 | 26 (46.429) | 25 (44.643) | 25 (44.643) | 0.984 | 0.094 |
| 60-74 | 36 (51.429) | 74 (43.275) | 65 (48.872) | 27 (48.214) | 27 (48.214) | 26 (46.429) | |||||
| ≥ 75 | 6 (8.571) | 15 (8.772) | 15 (11.278) | 3 (5.357) | 4 (7.143) | 5 (8.929) | |||||
| Stage | I | 35 (51.471) | 44 (26.347) | 25 (19.380) | < 0.001 | 0.580 | 27 (48.214) | 26 (46.429) | 25 (44.643) | 0.995 | 0.080 |
| II | 12 (17.647) | 24 (14.371) | 18 (13.953) | 8 (14.286) | 8 (14.286) | 10 (17.857) | |||||
| III | 19 (27.941) | 86 (51.497) | 82 (63.566) | 19 (33.929) | 20 (35.714) | 19 (33.929) | |||||
| IV | 2 (2.941) | 13 (7.784) | 4 (3.101) | 2 (3.571) | 2 (3.571) | 2 (3.571) | |||||
- Citation: Zheng YH, Wang YY, Wang SC, Wang CJ, Shen YY, Cui JZ, Liu SM, Zhang YH, Zeng XQ, Zhao EH. Clinicopathological, immunohistochemical, and overall-survival associations of poorly cohesive gastric carcinoma stratified by signet ring cell percentage. World J Clin Oncol 2026; 17(10): 125097
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- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5306/wjco.125097