Helicobacter pylori in gastric cancer: Features of infection and their correlations with long-term results of treatment

Table 1 The distribution of patients according to the clinical and pathological characteristics of gastric cancer

Characteristics of gastric cancer	n	Percent
Age	61.7 ± 1.03 years (from 24 to 81 years, the median–was 61 years)
Sex
Men	72	66.1
Women	37	33.9
Tumor localization
Upper third	18	16.5
Middle third	32	29.4
Lower third	57	52.3
Total gastric cancer	2	1.8
T status
T1	12	11
T2	30	27.5
T3	62	56.9
T4	5	4.6
N status
N0	57	52.3
N1	20	18.3
N2	32	29.3
TNM
T1-2N0M0	40	36.7
T3N0M0	17	15.6
T3-4N1M0	20	18.3
T3-4N2M0	32	29.3
Types of GC
Intestinal type	50	45.9
Diffuse-types	59	54.1
Grade (histolology)
G1	31	28.4
G2	19	17.4
G3	33	30.3
Signet ring cell carcinoma	26	23.9
Type sugery
Subtotal distal resection	85	78
Subtotal proximal resection	18	16.5
Gastrectomy	7	6.4

GC: Gastric cancer.

Table 2 Clinical and pathological characteristics of gastric cancer depending on the data rapid urease test

Characteristics of gastric cancer	Degrees of infection according to RUT test				P value
	No or mild, n (%)		Moderate or marked, n (%)
Age	63.8 ± 10.1		58.8 ± 11.2		0.008
T status
T1	9	75	3	25	0.01
T2	20	66.7	10	33.3
T3	24	38.7	38	61.3
T4	1	20	4	80
N status
N0	37	64.9	20	35.1	0.0001
N1	2	10	18	90
N2	15	46.9	17	53.1
TNM
T1-2N0M0	28	70	12	30	0.002
T3N0M0	9	52.9	8	47.1
T3-4N1-2	17	32.7	35	67.3
Types of GC
Intestinal type	27	54	23	46	0.39
Diffuse-types	27	45.8	32	54.2
Grade (histolology)
G1	22	70	9	30	0.005
G2	5	26.3	14	73.7
G3	12	36.4	21	63.6
Signet ring cell carcinoma	15	57.6	11	42.3
Antibiotic therapy before surgery
No	25	41.2	37	68.5	0.025
Presence	28	52.8	17	31.5

RUT: Rapid urease test; GC: Gastric cancer.

Table 3 Clinical and pathological characteristics of gastric cancer depending on the concentration of Helicobacter pylori coccoid forms in the gastric mucosa

Characteristics of gastric cancer	Degrees of infection according to RUT test				P value
	No or mild, n (%)		Moderate or marked, n (%)
Age	66.2 ± 1.4		57.9 ± 2.5		0.004
T status
T1	6	85.7	1	14.3	0.04
T2	9	81.8	2	18.2
T3	12	44.4	15	55.6
T4	0	0	1	100
N status
N0	18	78.3	5	21.7	0.01
N1	1	16.7	5	83.8
N2	8	47.1	9	52.9
TNM
T1-2N0M0	14	82.3	3	17.6	0.02
T3N0M0	4	66.7	2	33.3
T3-4N1-2	9	39.1	14	60.9
Types of GC
WIntestinal type	18	75	6	25	0.02
Diffuse-types	9	40.9	13	59.1
Grade (histolology)
G1	14	93.3	1	6.7	0.008
G2	4	44.4	5	55.6
G3	2	28.3	5	71.4
Signet ring cell carcinoma	7	46.7	8	53.3
Antibiotic therapy before surgery
No	16	64.5	10	38.5	0.655
Presence	11	55	9	45

RUT: Rapid urease test; GC: Gastric cancer.