Table 1 Patient characteristics
Clinicopathological variableGastric cancer (n = 104)
n (%)
Sex
    Male70 (67)
    Female34 (33)
Age
    Mean67
    Median70
    Range30–94
Tumour site
    Proximal third30 (29)
    Middle third14 (13)
    Distal third57 (55)
    Total stomach3 (3)
Depth of wall invasion (T stage)
    pT116 (15)
    pT260 (58)
    pT325 (24)
    pT43 (3)
Lymph node metastasis
    N046 (44)
    N1, N258 (56)
Distant metastasis
    M094 (90)
    M110 (10)
Residual disease
    R097 (93)
    R1/R27 (7)
Lauren classification
    Intestinal88 (85)
    Diffuse16 (15)
Stage (UICC)
    IA15 (14)
    IB22 (21)
    II30 (29)
    IIIA+IIIB19 (18)
    IV18 (17)
Histological grade
    Well3 (3)
    Moderate33 (32)
    Poor68 (65)
TROP2 overexpression
    Yes58 (56)
    No46 (44)