A Pilot Study to Investigate the Role of Thymidylate Synthase as a Marker of Prognosis for Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Gastric and Gastro-Oesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

Characteristics	No. (%) of patients
Gender
Male	33 (73%)
Female	12 (27%)
Tumour differentiation
Well/moderate	29 (64%)
Poor	16 (36%)
Tumour site
Gastric	17 (38%)
GOJ	28 (62%)
T stage
0/1	22 (49%)
2/3/4	23 (51%)
N stage
Node negative	14 (31%)
Node positive	31 (69%)
Vascular invasion
No	38 (84%)
Yes	8 (16%)
Lymphatic invasion
No	37 (82%)
Yes	8 (18%)
CRM
Negative	35 (78%)
Positive	10 (22%)
Tumour recurrence
Yes	29 (64%)
No	16 (36%)
Histological response
Yes	4 (9%)
No	41 (91%)

CRM: circumferential resection margin.