Research Article

Prognostic Value of Metastatic Tumoral Caveolin-1 Expression in Patients with Resected Gastric Cancer

Table 1

Baseline clinicopathological characteristics of patients with gastric cancer.

CharacteristicsNo. of patients, n (%)

Patient number145
Age (years), median60 (29–89)
 >6073 (50.3)
 ≤6072 (49.7)
Gender
 Male107 (73.8)
 Female38 (26.2)
T stage
 pT2-343 (29.7)
 pT4102 (70.3)
N stage
 pN0-179 (54.5)
 pN2-366 (45.5)
TNM stage
 I20 (13.8)
 II44 (30.3)
 III81 (55.9)
Tumor grade
 Well16 (11.0)
 Moderate–poor129 (89.0)
Lymphatic invasion
 No27 (18.8)
 Yes117 (81.2)
Vascular invasion
 No127 (91.4)
 Yes12 (8.6)
Lauren classification
 Nondiffuse type68 (46.9)
 Diffuse type77 (53.1)
LNR, median (range)0.071 (0-1)
 >median74 (51.0)
 ≤median71 (49.0)
Adjuvant therapy
 No70 (48.3)
 Yes75 (51.7)

LNR: lymph node ratio.