Table 1 Clinicopathological characteristics of the patients

Patients

141

Sex (male/female)

85/56

Mean age (year)

60 (range 35-81)

Tumors

151

Mean tumor size (mm)

22 (range 3-88)

Location

   Upper third of the stomach

11

   Middle third of the stomach

60

   Lower third of the stomach

80

Macroscopic type

   Flat/Elevated

64

   Depressed

64

   Excavated

23

Concomitant ulceration

   Present

35

   Absent

116

Histopathological diagnosis

   Differentiated

108

   Undifferentiated

43

Depth

   Mucosal

108

   Submucosal

39

   Advanced

4