Long term follow up and retrospective study on 533 gastric cancer cases

BMC Surgery

Table 2 Independent prognostic factors of 533 GC patients identified by multivariate analysis

Covariate	χ²	P	HR	95% CI
Covariate	χ²	P	HR	Lower	Upper
Tumor invasion	13.008	< 0.001	1.022	1.010	1.034
LN status	36.845	< 0.001	1.462	1.293	1.653
Distant metastases	29.004	< 0.001	2.832	1.939	4.137
Resection type	5.900	0.015	0.430	0.218	0.850
HIPEC	3.863	0.049	1.707	1.001	2.910
Postoperative SAE	27.752	< 0.001	2.507	1.781	3.528
Systemic chemotherapy	24.064	< 0.001	0.521	0.402	0.676

GC: gastric cancer; HR: hazard ratio; CI: confidence interval; LN status: lymph node status; HIPEC: hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy; SAE: serious adverse event.

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