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Table 5 Characteristics of cases with tumor recurrence (n = 9/327)

From: Clinicopathological characteristics and treatment strategies in early gastric cancer: a retrospective cohort study

Case

Extent of gastrectomy

Tumor depth *

Ulceration

Main histologic type

L †

V †

pN †

Initial recurrence site

DFS, months

OS, months

Status

1

Distal

sm1

Yes

sig

1

0

3

Bone

53

58

Deceased

2

Distal

sm2

Yes

por

1

1

1

Liver

2

3

Deceased

3

Total

sm2

Yes

por

1

0

0

Peritoneum

7

8

Deceased

4

Total

sm2

Yes

por

1

1

1

Liver

12

20

Deceased

5

Distal

sm2

Yes

tub2

1

1

1

Lymph node

12

44

Deceased

6

Distal

sm2

Yes

por

1

0

1

Liver

14

29

Deceased

7

Distal

sm2

No

por

1

0

3

Bone

19

21

Deceased

8

Distal

sm2

No

por

1

1

0

Anastomosis

23

65

Deceased

9

Total

sm2

No

tub2

1

0

0

Peritoneum

41

44

Deceased

  1. * According to the third English edition of Japanese Classification of Gastric Carcinoma [4].
  2. † According to the seventh edition of TNM classification of the International Union Against Cancer [3].
  3. por = poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma; sig = signet-ring cell carcinoma; tub2 = moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma; DFS = disease-free survival; OS = overall survival.