Table 1 Patient and tumor characteristics for patients undergoing preoperative chemoradiotherapy for gastric adenocarcinoma (n = 48)
From: Preoperative chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced gastric cancer
| 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 | |