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Table 1 Characteristics of patients

From: A prospective study on the changes and clinical significance of pre-operative and post-operative circulating tumor cells in resectable gastric cancer

Characteristics

Pre-operation (n = 93)

Post-operation (n = 63)

No. of Patients (%)

No. of Patients (%)

Gender

 Male

68 (73.1%)

46 (73.0%)

 Female

25 (26.9%)

17 (27.0%)

Age (years)

 ≤ 45

16 (17.2%)

13 (20.6%)

 > 45

77 (82.8%)

50 (79.4%)

Primary sitea

 EGJ

29 (31.2%)

19 (30.2%)

 Non-EGJ

64 (68.8%)

44 (69.8%)

Differentiationb

 Good

22 (23.7%)

15 (23.8%)

 Poor

71 (76.3%)

48 (76.2%)

Lauren

 Intestinal

36 (38.7%)

25 (39.7%)

 Diffuse

23 (24.7%)

16 (25.4%)

 Mixed

34 (36.6%)

22 (34.9%)

TNM classification

 I

24 (25.8%)

15 (23.8%)

 II

24 (25.8%)

16 (25.4%)

 III

45 (48.4%)

32 (50.8%)

Depth of penetration

 T1/T2

30 (32.3%)

19 (30.2%)

 T3

34 (36.6%)

25 (39.7%)

 T4

29 (31.2%)

19 (30.2%)

Lymph node

 N0

31 (33.3%)

16 (25.4%)

 N1/N2

31 (33.3%)

26 (41.3%)

 N3

31 (33.3%)

21 (33.3%)

Lymph-vascular invasion

 Yes

45 (48.4%)

34 (54.0%)

 No

48 (51.6%)

29 (46.0%)

CEAc level before operation (ng/ml)

 < 5

75 (80.6%)

51 (81.0%)

 ≥ 5

17 (18.3%)

12 (19.0%)

 NAd

1 (1.1%)

0 (0.0%)

Adjuvant chemotherapy

 Yes

56 (60.2%)

42 (66.7%)

 No

37 (39.8%)

21 (33.3%)

  1. aEGJ, gastroesophageal junction
  2. bGood, including high or moderate differentiation; Poor, including low differentiation, mucinous adenocarcinoma, and signet-ring cell carcinoma
  3. ccarcinoembryonic antigen
  4. dnon-available