Research Article
Hepatoid Adenocarcinoma of Stomach: Emphasis on the Clinical Relationship with Alpha-Fetoprotein-Positive Gastric Cancer
Table 1
Comparison and clinicopathological characteristics between HAS- and AFP-elevated gastric cancer (AFPGC).
| Characteristics | HAS (n = 41) | AFPGC (n = 52) | value |
| Age | | | <0.001 | ≤60 | 30 | 18 | | >60 | 11 | 34 | | Sex | | | 0.841 | Male | 30 | 39 | | Female | 11 | 13 | | Initial presentation | | | 0.049 | Abdominal pain | 15 | 12 | | Abdominal distension | 8 | 17 | | Medical examination | 13 | 8 | | Hematemesis | 2 | 1 | | Choked up | 1 | 6 | | Others | 2 | 8 | | Location | | | 0.041 | Cardiac stomach bottom | 12 | 16 | | Body | 4 | 19 | | Antrum | 12 | 11 | | Gastric helicobacter | 0 | 1 | | Angle | 6 | 2 | | Whole stomach | 7 | 2 | | Residual stomach | 0 | 1 | | Serum AFP | | | 0.877 | >100 | 23 | 30 | | <100 | 18 | 22 | | Liver metastasis | | | 0.005 | Yes | 11 | 29 | | No | 30 | 23 | | Operation | | | <0.001 | Yes | 31 | 17 | | No | 10 | 35 | | Curability | | | 1.000 | Curative surgery | 30 | 16 | | Neoadjuvant | 1 | 1 | | PVTT | | | 1.000 | Yes | 2 | 3 | | No | 39 | 49 | | Other metastasis | | | 0.405 | Yes | 16 | 16 | | No | 25 | 36 | |
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