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Table 1 Detailed information of the first progression pattern after gastric cancer surgery

From: Assessment of the value of adjuvant radiotherapy for treatment of gastric adenocarcinoma based on pattern of post-surgical progression

The location of the first progress

Number

The proportion of all cases(%)

The proportion of advanced cases(%)

Local recurrence

161

  

 Anastomotic recurrence

53

6.8

13.8

 Regional lymph node metastasis

67

8.5

17.4

 The residual stomach cancer

23

2.9

5.9

 Duodenal stump recurrence

13

1.6

3.4

 The abdominal wall incision recurred

5

0.6

1.3

Peritoneal dissemination

37

  

 Cancerous ascites

30

3.8

7.8

 Mesenteric tubercle

7

0.9

1.8

Abdominal visceral metastasis

59

  

 Liver

42

5.4

10.9

 Ovary

12

1.5

3.1

 Adrenal gland

5

0.6

1.3

Distant metastasis

148

  

 Pulmonary ± mediastinal lymph nodes

52

6.6

13.5

 Cervical and supraclavicular lymph nodes

37

4.7

9.6

 Brain

23

2.9

6

 Bone

39

5

10.1

 Bone marrow

1

0.1

0.3