title: [Correlation analysis of gastric cancer with extranodal metastasis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the correlations between extranodal metastasis(EM)and clinicopathologic features of gastric cancer and the relationship between EM and prognosis of gastric cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data of patients with histologically proven adenocarcinoma were studied retrospectively to evaluate the prognostic factors in gastric cancer by univariate and multivariate analyses of Cox regression with SPSS 13.0 software. Two hundred and seventy-six patients with primary gastric cancer undergone operation in Tianjin Cancer Hospital from Jan. 2001 to Dec. 2001 were studied and followed up until Dec. 2006 or death.
  
  
  RESULTS
  EMs were found in 58(21.0%) of the 276 patients. The overall 2-, 3-, and 5-year survival rates of the patients without EM were 71.2%, 55.4%, and 45.1% respectively. The overall 2-, 3-, and 5-year survival rates of the patients with EM were 24.1%, 15.5%, and 8.0% respectively. Postoperative overall survival rates were significantly lower for patients with EM than those without EM(P=0.000). EM was correlated with differentiation (r=0.163, P=0.008), invasive depth (r=0.215, P=0.003), lymph node metastasis (r=0.368, P=0.000), distant metastasis (r=0.375, P=0.000), advanced stage(r=0.441, P=0.000), and tumor size (r=0.167, P=0.007). Multivariate analysis identified EM as an independent prognostic factor.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  EM is correlated with many clinicopathological features of gastric cancer. EM is an independent prognostic factor of gastric cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology Surgery, Tianjin Cancer Hospital, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300060, China. xiaonawang@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Xiao-na
authors.initials: XN
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xue-wei
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ru-peng
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Han
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D018204:Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D015996:Survival Rate