Table 1 Relationship between dirty necrosis and clinicopathologic features in gastric carcinomas.

From: Prognostic evaluation of dirty necrosis and tumor necrosis in gastric cancers

Clinicopathological features

Dirty necrosis

P value

Absent

Present

Gender

Male

75 (66.4%)

47 (63.5%)

0.754

Female

38 (33.6%)

27 (36.5%)

Age

< 65

52 (46%)

33 (44.6%)

0.881

≥ 65

61 (54%)

41 (55.4%)

Histologic type

Poorly cohesive

44 (39.3%)

4 (5.4%)

< 0.001

Non poorly cohesive

68 (60.7%)

70 (94.6%)

Size

< 6 cm

62 (54.9%)

43 (58.1%)

0.763

≥ 6 cm

51 (45.1%)

31 (41.9%)

Tumor grade

1

9 (8.0%)

16 (21.6%)

< 0.001

2

24 (21.2%)

41 (55.4%)

3

80 (70.8%)

17 (23.0%)

pT stage

T1(a-b)

11 (9.7%)

10 (13.5%)

0.084

T 2–3

47 (41.6%)

40 (54.1%)

T4(a-b)

55 (48.7%)

24 (32.4%)

pN stage

pN 0

21 (18.6%)

23 (31.1%)

< 0.001

pN 1–2

31 (27.4%)

30 (40.5%)

pN 3a-b

61 (54.0%)

21 (28.4%)

LVI

Absent

28 (24.8%)

27 (36.5%)

0.102

Present

85 (75.2%)

47 (63.5%)

PNI

Absent

37 (32.7%)

37 (50.0%)

0.022

Present

76 (67.3%)

37 (50.0%)

TIL

Absent

111 (98.2%)

1 (1.4%)

< 0.001

Present, sparse

1 (0.9%)

37 (50.0%)

Present, prominent

1 (0.9%)

36 (48.6%)

HER2 status

Negative

97 (87.4%)

56 (76.7%)

0.071

Positive

14 (12.6%)

17 (23.3%)

Recurrence

Yes

26 (23.0%)

11 (14.9%)

0.172

No

87 (77.0%)

63 (85.1%)

Ex status

Yes

76 (67.3%)

36 (48.6%)

0.015

No

37 (32.7%)

38 (51.4%)

  1. LVI lymphovascular invasion, PNI perineural invasion, TIL Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes. Bold values indicate statistical significance (P < 0.05).