| |
C-pattern (n=19) |
P-pattern (n=25) |
P value |
| Age, median (range), y |
68 (58-90) |
67 (54-84) |
0.38 |
| Sex (Male/Female) |
17/2 |
24/1 |
0.40 |
| Location (Upper or Middle/Lower) |
8/11 |
18/7 |
0.04 |
| Size, median (range), mm |
17 (8-60) |
17 (7-55) |
0.23 |
| Macroscopic type (elevated, depressed) |
9/10 |
8/17 |
0.30 |
| Histological type (tub1,tub2,pap) |
11/6/2 |
16/9/0 |
0.25 |
| Lymphatic or venous invasion (+/-) |
6/13 |
7/18 |
0.79 |
| Depth of invasion (sm1/sm2) |
10/9 |
10/15 |
0.41 |
| MI Ki-67, median (range) |
62 (46-72) |
58 (44-76) |
0.47 |
| Phenotype of mucosal layer (G/GI/I) |
4/6/9 |
3/11/11 |
0.60 |
|
| Upper and middle, upper and middle thirds of the stomach; Lower, lower third of the stomach; tub1, well differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma; tub2, moderately differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma; pap, papillary adenocarcinoma; sm1, submucosal invasion of less than 500mm; sm2, submucosal invasion of 500mm or more. |
| Table 1: Clinicopathological features of analyzed gastric cancers. |
