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Table 1 Patient demographics and pathological evaluation

From: A greater lymph node yield is required during pathological examination in microsatellite instability-high gastric cancer

  MSI-H GC MSS GC  
n = 185 (10.5%) n = 1572 (89.5%) p value
Sex, n (%)    < 0.001
 Male 103 (55.7) 1088 (69.2)  
 Female 82 (44.3) 484 (30.8)  
Age [y], median (quartile) 67 (60–73) 62 (54–69) < 0.001
Tumor location, n (%)    < 0.001
 Antrum and pylorus 125 (67.6) 713 (45.4)  
 Angular 23 (12.4) 184 (11.7)  
 Corpus 22 (11.9) 366 (23.3)  
 Fundus and cardia 15 (8.1) 309 (19.7)  
Neoadjuvant therapy, n (%)    0.166
 No 165 (89.2) 1343 (85.4)  
 Yes 20 (10.8) 229 (14.6)  
Extent of lymphadenectomy    0.499
 D1+ lymphadenectomy 22 (11.9) 221 (14.1)  
 D2 lymphadenectomy 163 (88.1) 1351 (85.9)  
Tumor size [cm], median (quartile) 4 (2–6.5) 3 (2–4.8) < 0.001
Pathology type, n (%)    < 0.001
 Well-differentiated adenocarcinoma 66 (35.7) 425 (27.0)  
 Moderately and poor-differentiated adenocarcinoma 67 (36.2) 554 (35.2)  
 Mucinous adenocarcinoma 31 (16.8) 100 (6.4)  
 Signet ring cell carcinoma 21 (11.4) 493 (31.4)  
Tumor stage, n (%)    0.205
 Early GC 47 (25.4) 470 (29.9)  
 Advanced GC 138 (74.6) 1102 (70.1)  
T stage, n (%)    0.600
 Tis and T1 47 (25.4) 470 (29.9)  
 T2 36 (19.5) 236 (15.0)  
 T3 34 (18.4) 167 (10.6)  
 T4 68 (36.8) 699 (44.5)  
Lymphovascular emboli, n (%)    0.002
 No 97 (52.4) 1008 (64.1)  
 Yes 88 (47.6) 564 (35.9)  
Perineural invasion, n (%)    < 0.001
 No 138 (74.6) 955 (60.8)  
 Yes 47 (25.4) 617 (39.2)  
Tumor deposit, n (%)    0.009
 No 180 (97.3) 1445 (91.9)  
 Yes 5 (2.7) 127 (8.1)  
PLNC, median (quartile) 0 (0–3) 2 (0–7) < 0.001
NLNC, median (quartile) 27 (21–35) 23 (16–32) < 0.001
N stage, n (%)    < 0.001
 N0 95 (51.4) 630 (40.1)  
 N1 33 (17.8) 239 (15.2)  
 N2 30 (16.2) 276 (17.6)  
 N3a 19 (10.3) 259 (16.5)  
 N3b 8 (4.3) 168 (10.7)  
M stage, n (%)    0.002
 M0 185 (100.0) 1495 (95.1)  
 M1 0 (0.0) 77 (4.9)  
AJCC stage, n (%)    0.005
 I 68 (36.8) 545 (38.9)  
 II 57 (30.8) 298 (19.1)  
 III 60 (32.4) 652 (40.4)  
 IV 0 (0.0) 77 (4.9)  
  1. MSI microsatellite instability
  2. MSS microsatellite stability
  3. GC gastric cancer
  4. PLNC positive lymph node count
  5. NLNC negative lymph node count