Gastric Cancer
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2002.
World J Gastroenterol. Dec 15, 2002; 8(6): 1005-1008
Published online Dec 15, 2002. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v8.i6.1005
Table 1 Correlation between MCD and Clinicopathologic find-ing of gastric carcinoma (n = 100)
VariableMCD > 21/0.03 mm2MCD ≤ 21/0.03 mm2P Value
Age (yrs)
< 601625< 0.05
≥ 603623
Degree of differentiation
Well1814> 0.05
Moderately2321
Poorly1113
Largest dimension of tumor ( in mm)
≤ 303036> 0.05
> 302212
Depth of penetration
Involved serosa2134< 0.01
Not involved serosa3114
Table 2 Correlation between MCD and cancerous metastases in regional lymph nodes (n = 41)
VariablenMCD (mean ± SD, /mm2)
1-6 ILN2112 ± 3.11
7-15 ILN146 ± 2.06
> 15 ILN65 ± 1.33
Table 3 Correlation between MCD and the positive expression rate of p185, ER, and PCNA in the gastric carcinoma tissues
MCDnPositive expression rate (%)
p185ERPCNA
> 21/0.03 mm25222 (42.31)11 (21.15)12 (23.08)
≤ 21/0.03 mm24831 (59.62)28 (53.84)27 (51.92)
P Value< 0.01< 0.001< 0.01