Gastric Cancer
Copyright ©2005 Baishideng Publishing Group Inc.
World J Gastroenterol. May 7, 2005; 11(17): 2549-2551
Published online May 7, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i17.2549
Table 1 Clinicopathologic characteristics of the patients.
Proglumide treated groupControl groupχ2P
n153148
Sex (M/F)115/38122/262.3740.123
Age (mean)59.657.51.4630.226
Location
Cardiac71720.1520.697
Cardiac & lower8276
esophagus
Tumor size
<3 cm17111.3210.517
3-5 cm2725
>5 cm109112
Margin cancer
Not stated1321320.9170.632
Upper margin (+)1510
Lower margin (+)66
Property of resection
Radical (grade A+B)102910.8770.349
Palliative (grade C)5157
Differentiation
High and moderate93840.7740.856
Poor3840
Undifferentiated65
Mucinous1619
adenocarcinoma
Depth of invasion
Muscular layer35362.3420.310
Tunica serosa9884
Infiltration2028
Lymph node metastasis
(-)61620.1270.721
(+)9286
Stage
I19113.1200.374
II4352
III8277
IV98