Research Article

Gastric Mucinous Cancer Histology: Clinicopathological Characteristics and Prognostic Value

Table 2

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

MC (68 cases)PDC (599 cases) value value

Age 4.9360.026
 ≤60 years34 (50.0%)382 (63.8%)
 >60 years34 (50.0%)217 (36.2%)
Gender 0.0320.858
 Male 44 (64.7%)381 (63.6%)
 Female 24 (35.3%)218 (36.4%)
Tumor diameter 2.3180.128
 ≤5 cm28 (41.2%)305 (50.9%)
 >5 cm40 (58.8%)294 (49.1%)
Tumor location3.2710.195
 Upper 1/325 (36.8%)185 (30.9%)
 Middle 1/37 (10.3%)115 (19.2%)
 Lower 1/336 (52.9%)299 (49.9%)
Borrmann type5.9970.112
 Borrmann I8 (11.8%)52 (8.7%)
 Borrmann II12 (17.6%)191 (31.9%)
 Borrmann III41 (60.3%)301 (50.3%)
 Borrmann IV7 (10.3%)55 (9.2%)
Depth of invasion7.8640.049
 T12 (2.9%)59 (9.8%)
 T27 (10.3%)101 (16.9%)
 T333 (48.5%)280 (46.7%)
 T426 (38.2%)159 (26.5%)
Lymph node metastasis5.4350.143
 N013 (19.1%)161 (26.9%)
 N115 (22.1%)172 (28.7%)
 N223 (33.8%)142 (23.7%)
 N317 (25.0%)124 (20.7%)
TNM stage 3.5140.319
 I6 (8.8%)95 (15.8%)
 II11 (16.2%)115 (19.2%)
 III28 (41.2%)228 (38.1%)
 IV23 (33.8%)161 (26.9%)
Peritoneal dissemination5.8580.016
 P (+)20 (29.4%)104 (17.4%)
 P (−)48 (70.6%)495 (82.6%)
Hepatic metastasis0.0010.971
 H (+)3 (4.4%)27 (4.5%)
 H (−)65 (95.6%)572 (95.5%)
Curability1.4330.231
 Curative43 (63.2%)421 (70.3%)
 Noncurative25 (36.8%)178 (29.7%)