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Table 3 Correlation between the preoperative-clinical features of GC and the P/CY-positive rates

From: The neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio as a predictor of peritoneal metastasis during staging laparoscopy for advanced gastric cancer: a retrospective cohort analysis

 

P/CY positive

P value

Clinical Ta

 T3 ≧ (n = 7)

2 (28.6%)

0.31

 T4 (n = 28)

14 (50.0%)

 

Clinical Na

 N1 ≧ (n = 17)

10 (58.8%)

0.13

 N2 ≦ (n = 18)

6 (33.3%)

 

Macroscopic tumor type

 Others (n = 11)

2 (18.2%)

0.02

 Type 4 or diffuse type 3 (n = 24)

14 (58.3%)

 

Presence of paraaortic lymph node metastasis

 (−) (n = 29)

14 (48.3%)

0.50

 (+) (n = 6)

2 (33.3%)

 
  1. Values are in n (%)
  2. a7th edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) [13]
  3. GC, gastric cancer; P/CY, peritoneal metastasis or cytological malignancy