Preoperative chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced gastric cancer

Radiation Oncology

Table 1 Patient and tumor characteristics for patients undergoing preoperative chemoradiotherapy for gastric adenocarcinoma (n = 48)

Characteristic	No.	Value	%
Age, years
Median		60
Range		28-79
Gender
Male	38		79
Female	10		21
Race
Caucasian	35		73
African-American	11		23
Asian	2		4
Primary site location*
Proximal	35		73
Distal	8		17
Linitis plastica	5		10
Stage at presentation (AJCC 6)
IB	1		2
II	9		19
IIIA	26		54
IIIB	3		6
IV	4		8
Unknown T/N	5		10
Histologic differentiation
Well	2		4
Moderate	15		31
Poor†	25		52
Not specified	6		13

*Proximal tumors involve lesions of the GE junction, cardia or fundus. Distal tumors include lesions of the antrum and pylorus; †Includes signet ring 6 (n = 17) and mucinous (n = 1) histology.

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