Table 1 Clinicopathologic characteristics of 329 patients with gastric carcinoma

Age at surgery,y

 Mean

57.0

 Range

26-81

Gender, number

 Male

238

 Female

91

Tumor size, cm

 Mean

5.0

 Range

1.0, 15.0

Tumor location, number

 Upper

31

 Middle

53

 Lower

245

Differentiation status, number

 Well-differentiated

47

 Moderately differentiated

54

 Poorly differentiated

218

 Undifferentiated

10

Growth pattern, number

 Expanding

76

 Intermediate

81

 Infiltrative

172

Tumor (T) stage, number

 T1

44

 T2

52

 T3

164

 T4

69

Node (N) stage, number

 N0

100

 N1

39

 N2

76

 N3

114

Lymphatic invasion, number

 Negative

248

 Positive

81

Tumor stage, number

 IA, IB

63

 IIA, IIB

86

 IIIA, IIIB, IIIC

180

Vital statistics, number

 Alive

152

 Dead, all causes

177

 Dead, gastric cancer

143

 Dead, unrelated

22

 Information unavailable

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