Table 1 Demographics of the series
Patients | N = 53 |
|---|---|
Age | 64 (38–78) |
Sex | |
Male | 36 (67.9 %) |
Female | 17 (32.1 %) |
Tumor location | |
EG Junction | 9 (17 %) |
Upper/Middle third | 20 (37.7 %) |
Distal | 22 (41.5 %) |
Linitis | 2 (3.8 %) |
Three preoperative cycles completed | 45 (84.9 %) |
Three postperative cycles completed | 35 (66 %) |
Resection | |
R0 | 42 (79.2 %) |
Unresected or Paliative | 11 (20.8 %) |
Lauren’s histological type | |
Intestinal | 22 (59.5 %) |
Diffuse/Signet ring cell | 15 (40.5 %) |
Grade | |
Well or moderately differentiated | 14 (37.8 %) |
Poorly differentiated or undifferentiated | 23 (62.2 %) |
ypT | |
T0-2 | 16 (33.3 %) |
T3-4 | 32 (66.7 %) |
ypN | |
N0 | 17 (35.4 %) |
N1 | 8 (16.7 %) |
N2-3 | 23 (47.9 %) |
ypM | |
M0 | 42 (80.8 %) |
M1 | 10 (19.2 %) |
Lymph nodes analyzed | |
< 15 | 25 (52.1 %) |
≥ 16 | 23 (47.9 %) |
Tumor regression grading | |
1a-b | 9 (17.3 %) |
2–3 | 43 (82.7 %) |
Recurrence # | |
No | 16 (38.1 %) |
Yes | 26 (61.9 %) |