Table 1 Baseline clinical characteristics of the 91 patients
From: Preliminary investigation of intraperitoneal raltitrexed in patients with gastric cancer
Parameter | Raltitrexed (RT) group n = 48 | Normal saline (NS) group n = 43 | P value |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 56.4 ± 12.8 | 54.3 ± 11.2 | >0.05 |
Sex (Males : Females) | 41 : 7 | 37 : 6 | >0.05 |
Pathological type | >0.05 | ||
Poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma | 14 | 11 | |
Moderately differentiated | 6 | 5 | |
Well-differentiated | 7 | 7 | |
Mucoid carcinoma | 11 | 10 | |
Signet-ring cell | 8 | 9 | |
Papillary carcinoma | 2 | 1 | |
Clinical stages | >0.05 | ||
Ib | 1 | 0 | |
II | 9 | 10 | |
IIIa | 16 | 12 | |
IIIb | 14 | 15 | |
IV | 8 | 6 | |
Operation methods | >0.05 | ||
Distal gastrectomy | 17 | 15 | |
Proximal gastrectomy | 6 | 7 | |
Total gastrectomy | 25 | 21 |