Clinicopathological features of patients with middle third gastric carcinoma

Table 3 Influence of T category, and N category on the 5-year survival rate of patients with middle third gastric carcinoma surgically treated with curative intent

Variables	PGC (n = 254) (%)	MGC (n = 764) (%)	P value
Depth of invasion
T1	77.6	88.8	0.0477
T2	76.0	76.1	0.7534
T3	44.6	45.1	0.9900
T4	17.3	16.8	0.1698
Lymph node metastasis
N0	72.3	79.9	0.0270
N1	42.7	49.6	0.6285
N2	33.4	31.0	0.6933
Stage
I	77.2	87.9	0.0420
II	68.4	63.2	0.5566
III	33.7	36.3	0.5823
IV	17.6	21.8	0.3635

MGC: Middle third gastric carcinoma; PGC: Proximal third gastric carcinoma.