Research Article

Gastric Mucinous Cancer Histology: Clinicopathological Characteristics and Prognostic Value

Table 1

Comparison of clinicopathological features between MC and WMDC patients for gastric cancer.

MC (68 cases)WMDC (329 cases) value value

Age 0.5710.450
 ≤60 years34 (50.0%)148 (45.0%)
 >60 years34 (50.0%)181 (55.0%)
Gender 3.5130.061
 Male 44 (64.7%)249 (75.5%)
 Female 24 (35.3%)80 (24.3%)
Tumor diameter 8.8670.003
 ≤5 cm28 (41.2%)200 (60.8%)
 >5 cm40 (58.8%)129 (39.2%)
Tumor location1.4700.479
 Upper 1/325 (36.8%)132 (40.1%)
 Middle 1/37 (10.3%)47 (14.3%)
 Lower 1/336 (52.9%)150 (45.6%)
Borrmann type7.3990.060
 Borrmann I8 (11.8%)30 (9.1%)
 Borrmann II12 (17.6%)113 (34.3%)
 Borrmann III41 (60.3%)162 (49.2%)
 Borrmann IV7 (10.3%)24 (7.3%)
Depth of invasion22.274<0.001
2 (2.9%)60 (18.2%)
7 (10.3%)77 (23.4%)
33 (48.5%)125 (38.0%)
26 (38.2%)67 (20.4%)
Lymph node metastasis10.1300.017
13 (19.1%)121 (36.8%)
15 (22.1%)76 (23.1%)
23 (33.8%)82 (24.9%)
17 (25.0%)50 (15.2%)
TNM stage 10.8270.013
 I6 (8.8%)82 (24.9%)
 II11 (16.2%)58 (17.6%)
 III28 (41.2%)119 (36.2%)
 IV23 (33.8%)70 (21.3%)
Peritoneal dissemination11.8490.001
 P (+)20 (29.4%)42 (12.8%)
 P (−)48 (70.6%)287 (87.2%)
Hepatic metastasis0.3860.535
 H (+)3 (4.4%)21 (6.4%)
 H (−)65 (95.6%)308 (93.6%)
Curability6.4400.011
 Curative43 (63.2%)256 (77.8%)
 Noncurative25 (36.8%)73 (22.2%)