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Table 2 Comparison of clinicopathological characteristics

From: Clinicopathological characteristics and optimal management for esophagogastric junctional cancer; a single center retrospective cohort study

Variable

Type E (SQ) (n = 12)

Type E (AD) (n = 6)

Type Ge (n = 27)

Type G (n = 47)

P-value

Sex

    

0.906

 Male

10

5

20

37

 

 Female

2

1

7

10

 

Age (mean ± SD)

64.4 ± 6.84

66.3 ± 7.97

65.2 ± 10.6

66.5 ± 9.67

0.728

Extent of surgical resection

    

< 0.001**

 Subtotal esophagectomy with partial gastrectomy

11

3

0

0

 

 Proximal gastrectomy with partial esophagectomy

1

1

8

20

 

 Total gastrectomy with partial esophagectomy

0

2

19

27

 

Extent of lymph node dissection

    

< 0.001**

 Abdominal, mediastinal and cervical

9

2

0

0

 

 Abdominal and mediastinal

2

3

4

0

 

 Abdominal and lower mediastinal

1

1

17

8

 

 Abdominal

0

0

6

39

 

Number of dissected lymph nodes (mean ± SD)

28.1 ± 12.1

28.7 ± 18.1

46.4 ± 34.6

35.3 ± 26.8

0.295

Pathological tumor size (mm, mean ± SD)

46.3 ± 22.4

41.5 ± 36.4

62.2 ± 18.6

37.9 ± 20.5

< 0.001**

Main histological type

    

< 0.001**

 Squamous cell carcinoma

12

0

1

0

 

 Adenocarcinoma

0

6

26

47

 

Esophagogastric junctional invasion

    

< 0.001**

 Yes

6

3

27

0

 

 No

6

3

0

47

 

Siewert classification

    

< 0.001**

 Type I

2

0

0

0

 

 Type II

1

0

15

0

 

 Type III

0

0

11

0

 

 Not applicable

3

12

1

47

 

Depth of tumor invasion

    

0.025*

 pT1

3

3

4

23

 

 pT2

0

1

3

7

 

 pT3

9

2

14

10

 

 pT4

0

0

6

7

 

Lymph node metastasis

    

0.005**

 pN0

3

3

8

33

 

 pN1

6

2

6

5

 

 pN2

2

1

5

6

 

 pN3

1

0

8

3

 

Distant metastasis

    

< 0.001**

 M0

8

5

12

47

 

 M1

4

1

15

0

 

TNM Stage

    

< 0.001**

 pStage I

2

3

4

27

 

 pStage II

2

0

6

11

 

 pStage III

4

2

2

9

 

 pStage IV

4

1

15

0

 
  1. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01.
  2. Including lower thoracic paraesophageal, diaphragmatic and posterior mediastinal lymph node.