title: [Clinicopathological characteristics and prognostic factors in patients with stage III gastric cancer].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the clinicopathological characteristics and prognostic factors of stage III gastric cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospectively study of 1007 patients with Stage III gastric cancer in a single institute in China was performed. The patients underwent surgical resection from January 1991 to December 2005. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed using log-rank test and Cox proportional hazards model to access the prognostic factors in stage III gastric cancer patients who received curative (R0) gastric resection.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean age of the 1007 patients was 58.7 years and the male-to-female ratio was 2.6:1.0. There were 242 patients with stage IIIA disease, 403 patients with stage IIIB, and 362 patients with stage IIIC. R0, R1, and R2 resection were performed in 754 patients (74.9%), 56 patients (5.5%), and 197 patients (19.6%), respectively. The 5-year survival rate (37.8%) of patients who received R0 resection was significant higher than that of patients who received R1(21.2%) and R2(8.9%) resection (P<0.05). Multivariate analysis revealed that pN stage, pT stage, and Borrmann type were independent prognostic factors (all P<0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Stage III gastric cancer patients have certain clinicopathological characteristics and R0 resection should be performed if possible. Lymph node count, depth of tumor invasion, and Borrmann type are independent prognostic factors in stage III gastric cancer patients undergoing R0 resection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Zhe
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Zhen-ning
authors.initials: ZN
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hui-mian
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult