Table 3 Patient characteristics (n = 45)

Age, years

 Median (range)

66 (36–86)

Sex, n (%)

 Female

18 (40.0)

 Male

27 (60.0)

Initial resectability

 Resectable

18 (40.0)

 Borderline resectable

19 (42.2)

 Unresectable

8 (17.8)

Histopathological diagnosis, n (%)

 Tubular adenocarcinoma

 Moredatery differentiated

35 (77.8)

 Poorly differentiated

4 (8.9)

 Undetermined

5 (11.1)

 Adenosquamous Carcinoma

1 (2.2)

Stage (UICC, 8th ed)

 I

3 (6.7)

 IIA

13 (28.9)

 IIB

29 (64.4)

Recurrence, n (%)

 All recurence

25 (55.6)

 Local recurrence

16 (35.6)

 Peritoneal recurrence

8 (17.8)

 Distant metastatic recurrence

14 (31.1)