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Table 2 Details of patient and tumor characteristics in 936 patients undergoing tumor resection

From: Trends in clinical features, postoperative outcomes, and long-term survival for gastric cancer: a Western experience with 1,278 patients over 30 years

 

All patients (n = 936)

1980-1989 (n = 275)

1990-1999 (n = 239)

2000-2010 (n = 422)

P*

Gender

     

Male

581 (62)

176 (64)

150 (62.7)

255 (60.4)

0.63

Female

355 (38)

99 (36)

89 (37.3)

167 (39.6)

 

Age (years)

     

<65

503 (53.7)

153 (55.6)

129 (54)

221 (52.4)

0.70

≥65

433 (46.3)

122 (44.4)

110 (46)

201 (47.6)

 

Tumor location

     

Lower third

405 (43.2)

131 (47.6)

102 (42.7)

172 (40.7)

0.31

Middle third

337 (36)

90 (32.7)

82 (34.3)

165 (39)

 

Upper third

179 (19.1)

52 (18.9)

49 (20.5)

78 (18.5)

 

Whole stomach

15 (1.6)

2 (0.2)

6 (2.5)

7 (1.6)

 

Tumor stage

     

I

255 (27.2)

48 (17.4)

68 (28.4)

139 (33)

 

II

197 (21)

70 (25.4)

32 (13.4)

95 (22.5)

<0.001

III

319 (34)

97 (35.3)

88 (36.8)

134 (31.7)

 

IV

165 (17.6)

60 (21.8)

51 (21.3)

54 (12.8)

 

Lauren classification

     

Diffuse

402 (42.9)

138 (50.2)

105 (43.9)

159 (37.6)

 

Intestinal

449 (48)

109 (39.6)

126 (52.7)

214 (50.8)

<0.001

Indeterminate

85 (9.1)

28 (10.2)

8 (3.4)

49 (11.6)

 

Borrmann classification

     

I

192 (20.5)

59 (21.5)

49 (20.5)

84 (19.9)

0.83

II

316 (33.8)

80 (29.1)

78 (32.6)

158 (37.4)

 

III

276 (29.5)

92 (33.4)

83 (34.7)

101 (23.9)

 

IV

137 (14.6)

38 (13.8)

27 (11.4)

72 (17.1)

 

Undetermined

15 (1.6)

6 (2.2)

2 (0.8)

7 (1.7)

 

Tumor size, mean (SD), cm

4.9 ± 3.6

6.5 ± 4.1

4.4 ± 2.7

4.2 ± 2.8

<0.001

Distant metastasis

74 (7.9)

20 (7.3)

17 (7.1)

37 (8.8)

0.635

  1. Values in parentheses are percentages. *Two-tailed Pearson’s chi-squared test.