Research Article

Weekday of Surgery Affects Postoperative Complications and Long-Term Survival of Chinese Gastric Cancer Patients after Curative Gastrectomy

Table 5

The death and relapse rate after gastric cancer were increased from Monday to Friday through Wednesday.

Weekday of surgeryp (OS)HR (95% CI)p (DFS)HR (95% CI)

Monday0.00210.0031
Tuesday0.9741.006 (0.695–1.457)0.8230.961 (0.677–1.364)
Wednesday0.0361.455 (1.025–2.065)0.1211.302 (0.933–1.819)
Thursday0.0011.724 (1.238–2.400)0.0011.722 (1.259–2.355)
Friday0.0051.559 (1.142–2.128)0.0211.415 (1.054–1.901)