Research Article

Clinicopathological Features and Increased Expression of Toll-Like Receptor 4 of Gastric Cardia Cancer in a High-Risk Chinese Population

Table 2

Comparison of histopathology and pathological staging.

Microscopic featuresEC
GCC

Tumor differentiation<0.001
 Well29 (34.5)5 (5.1)
 Moderate50 (59.5)49 (49.5)
 Poor5 (6.0)45 (45.5)
Histology type
 Tubular adenocarcinoma0 (0)75 (75.8)<0.001
 Mucinous carcinoma0 (0)16 (16.2)
 Small-cell undifferentiated carcinoma0 (0)2 (2.0)
 Squamous cell carcinoma84 (100)1 (1.0)
 Adenosquamous0 (0)4 (4.0)
 Neuroendocrine carcinoma0 (0)1 (1.0)
Lymph node metastasis42 (50)72 (72.7)0.002
Serosal invasion67 (70.8)92 (92.9)0.009
TNM stage
 00 (0)0 (0)<0.001
 10 (0)5 (5.1)
 240 (47.62)10 (10.1)
 342 (50)84 (84.8)
 42 (2.4)0 (0)

Data are n (%).