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Table 1 Basic characteristics between patients receiving UFT or S-1 as adjuvant chemotherapy

From: Adjuvant tegafur-uracil (UFT) or S-1 monotherapy for advanced gastric cancer: a single center experience

  All (n = 86) UFT (n = 37) S-1 (n = 49) p value
Sex (male) 56 (65.1) 25 (67.6) 31 (63.3) 0.85
Age (years old) 57.5 ± 12.2 59.1 ± 13.9 56.3 ± 10.7 0.31
Operative method        0.10
 Distal gastrectomy 65 (75.6) 26 (70.3) 39 (79.6)  
 Total gastrectomy 18 (20.9) 11 (29.7) 7 (14.3)  
 Proximal gastrectomy 3 (3.5) 0 (0) 3 (6.1)  
Site        0.33
 Antrum and low body 61 (70.9) 26 (70.3) 35 (71.4)  
 Middle and high body 18 (20.9) 9 (24.3) 9 (18.4)  
 Whole stomach 1 (1.2) 1 (2.7) 0 (0)  
 Remnant 6 (7.0) 1 (2.7) 5 (10.2)  
Size (cm) 4.4 ± 2.0 4.3 ± 2.0 4.6 ± 2.1 0.49
Bormann type        0.047*
 I or II 21 (24.4) 5 (13.5) 16 (32.7)  
 III or IV 65 (75.6) 32 (86.5) 33 (67.3)  
Lauren classification        0.49
 Intestinal type 31 (36.0) 13 (35.1) 18 (36.7)  
 Diffuse type 39 (45.3) 19 (51.4) 20 (40.8)  
 Mixed type 16 (18.6) 5 (13.5) 11 (22.4)  
Cell differentiation        0.54
 Well-differentiated 7 (8.2) 4 (11.1) 3 (6.1)  
 Moderately differentiated 23 (27.1) 11 (30.6) 12 (24.5)  
 Poorly- or un-differentiated 55 (64.7) 21 (58.3) 34 (69.4)  
LN metastasis (number) 4.5 ± 5.7 5.2 ± 7.8 3.9 ± 3.3 0.35
LN harvested (number) 34.9 ± 18.6 33.9 ± 19.3 35.6 ± 18.2 0.67
Lymphovascular invasion 56 (65.1) 25 (67.6) 31 (63.3) 0.85
Perineural invasion 57 (66.3) 25 (67.6) 32 (65.3) 0.99
T stage (AJCC 8th)        <0.001*
 1 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)  
 2 19 (21.8) 8 (21.6) 11 (22.4)  
 3 42 (48.3) 8 (21.6) 33 (67.3)  
 4 26 (29.9) 21 (56.8) 5 (10.2)  
N stage (AJCC 8th)        0.48
 0 2 (2.3) 0 (0) 2 (4.1)  
 1 33 (38.4) 15 (40.5) 18 (36.7)  
 2 36 (41.9) 14 (37.8) 22 (44.9)  
 3 15 (17.4) 8 (21.6) 7 (14.3)  
Pathological stage (AJCC 8th)        0.23
 II 33 (38.4) 11 (29.7) 22 (44.9)  
 III 53 (61.6) 26 (70.3) 27 (55.1)  
Follow-up (months) 52.6 ± 31.2 65.9 ± 36.9 43.3 ± 22.6 0.003*
  1. Data are mean ± SD or n (%)
  2. UFT tegafur-uracil, S-1 tegafur-gimeracil-oteracil, LN lymph node, AJCC American Joint Cancer Committee
  3. *p value < 0.05 after comparing between the UFT and S-1 groups
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