Table 1

Vascular adventitial fibroblastic cells (VAFC) in the tumour stroma of 50 gastric carcinomas

TumourNumber of casesVAFC
(−)(+)
(−), absence of vascular adventitial fibroblastic cells; (+), presence of vascular adventitial fibroblastic cells.
Histology
    Intestinal type43430
    Solid type770