Assessment of Histopathological Response in Gastric and Gastro-Oesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma following Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: Which Scoring System to Use?

Table 3

Patient characteristics.

Characteristic	No. (%) of patients
Gender
Male	49 (74%)
Female	17 (26%)
Tumour differentiation
Well	3 (5%)
Moderate	26 (39%)
Poor	37 (56%)
Tumour site
Gatsric	24 (36%)
GOJ	42 (64%)
T stage
0	2 (3%)
1	6 (9%)
2	21 (32%)
3	34 (51%)
4	3 (5%)
N stage
Node negative	19 (29%)
Node positive	47 (71%)
Resection margins
R0	53 (81%)
R1	13 (19%)
Tumour recurrence
Yes	20 (30%)
No	46 (70%)

GOJ: gastro-oesophageal junction.