Table 1 Patients’ characteristics
From: Prognostic factors for elderly gastric cancer patients who underwent gastrectomy
Age, years | |
Median (range) | 83 (80–96) |
Sex, n (%) | |
Male | 113 (68) |
ECOG-PS score, n (%) | |
0 | 81 (49) |
1 | 47 (28) |
2 | 28 (17) |
3 | 10 (6) |
ASA-PS, n (%) | |
1 | 7 (4) |
2 | 112 (67) |
3 | 45 (27) |
4 | 2 (1) |
PNI | |
Median (range) | 44.5 (19.1–63.0) |
POSSUM physiological score | |
Median (range) | 28 (20–46) |
Approach, n (%) | |
Open | 120 (72) |
Laparoscopic | 46 (28) |
Extent of gastrectomy, n (%) | |
Distal | 104 (63) |
Total | 32 (19) |
Proximal | 11 (7) |
Local | 13 (8) |
Completion | 5 (3) |
Subtotal of remnant | 1 (1) |
Extent of lymphadenectomy, n (%) | |
D2+ | 1 (1) |
D2 | 38 (23) |
D1+ | 73 (44) |
D1 | 37 (22) |
D0 | 17 (10) |
Histological classification, n (%) | |
tub | 93 (56) |
pap | 10 (6) |
por | 45 (27) |
sig | 5 (3) |
muc | 7 (4) |
other | 6 (4) |
pStage, n (%) | |
IA | 59 (36) |
IB | 12 (7) |
IIA | 30 (18) |
IIB | 19 (11) |
IIIA | 18 (11) |
IIIB | 13 (8) |
IIIC | 2 (1) |
IV | 13 (8) |
Residual tumor, n (%) | |
R0 | 151 (91) |
R1 | 15 (9) |
Postoperative chemotherapy, n (%) | |
No | 156 (94) |
Yes | 10 (6) |