Emergency exploratory laparotomy and radical gastrectomy in patients with gastric cancer combined with acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Table 1 Comparison of general data in each group

Items	Category	Radical resection group (n = 46)	Palliative group (n = 43)	t/χ2	P value
Age (yr)		69.7 ± 10.2	70.3 ± 10.5	0.273	0.785
Gender	Male	26	25	0.952	0.877
	Female	20	18
Pathological type	Adenocarcinoma	18	16	0.719	0.869
	Mucus adenocarcinoma	14	12
	Signet ring cell carcinoma	11	10
	Non-adenocarcinoma	3	5
Tumor location	Whole stomach	9	8	0.186	0.979
	Lower	18	16
	Middle	12	11
	Upper	7	8