Research Article

Predicting Overall Survival in Patients with Nonmetastatic Gastric Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma: A Machine Learning Approach

Table 2

Demographic and clinicopathological characteristics of patients.

VariablesAll patients ()Training cohort ()Validation cohort ()

Age (year, )
Sex (no. (%))
 Female1027 (48.3)701 (47.1)326 (51)
 Male1100 (51.7)787 (52.9)313 (49)
Race (no. (%))
 White1393 (65.5)975 (65.5)418 (65.4)
 Black318 (15)215 (14.4)103 (16.1)
 Other416 (19.5)298 (20)118 (18.5)
Marital status (no. (%))
 Married1284 (60.4)909 (61.1)375 (58.7)
 Unmarried843 (39.6)579 (38.9)264 (41.3)
Grade (no. (%))
 I3 (0.1)1 (0.1)2 (0.3)
 II63 (3)46 (3.1)17 (2.7)
 III1992 (93.7)1392 (93.5)600 (93.9)
 IV69 (3.2)49 (3.3)20 (3.1)
Size (no. (%))
 ≤1 cm128 (6)90 (6)38 (5.9)
 1-2 cm278 (13.1)187 (12.6)91 (14.2)
 2-3 cm315 (14.8)220 (14.8)95 (14.9)
 3-4 cm258 (12.1)191 (12.8)67 (10.5)
 4-5 cm218 (10.2)149 (10)69 (10.8)
 >5 cm930 (43.7)651 (43.8)279 (43.7)
Stage A (no. (%))
 Localized652 (30.7)460 (30.9)192 (30)
 Regional1343 (63.1)935 (62.8)408 (63.8)
 Distant132 (6.2)93 (6.3)39 (6.1)
T stage (no. (%))
 T1428 (20.1)296 (19.9)132 (20.7)
 T2892 (41.9)637 (42.8)255 (39.9)
 T3609 (28.6)417 (28)192 (30)
 T4198 (9.3)138 (9.3)60 (9.4)
N stage (no. (%))
 N0754 (35.4)530 (35.6)224 (35.1)
 N1739 (34.7)504 (33.9)235 (36.8)
 N2424 (19.9)299 (20.1)125 (19.6)
 N3210 (9.9)155 (10.4)55 (8.6)
Site (no. (%))
 Cardia351 (16.5)259 (17.4)92 (14.4)
 Fundus of stomach67 (3.1)44 (3)23 (3.6)
 Body of stomach220 (10.3)162 (10.9)58 (9.1)
 Gastric antrum543 (25.5)375 (25.2)168 (26.3)
 Pylorus185 (8.7)131 (8.8)54 (8.5)
 Lesser curvature of stomach111 (5.2)82 (5.5)29 (4.5)
 Greater curvature of stomach271 (12.7)189 (12.7)82 (12.8)
 Overlapping/NOS379 (17.8)246 (16.5)133 (20.8)
Therapy (no. (%))
 None61 (2.9)39 (2.6)22 (3.4)
 Surgery only728 (34.2)511 (34.4)217 (34)
 Chemo/radio only158 (7.4)113 (7.6)45 (7)
 Surgery plus chemo/radio1180 (55.5)825 (55.4)355 (55.6)
Regional nodes examined (no. (%))
 ≤161192 (56)825 (55.4)367 (57.4)
 >16935 (44)663 (44.6)272 (42.6)
AJCC (no. (%))
 I686 (32.3)476 (32)210 (32.9)
 II473 (22.2)325 (21.8)148 (23.2)
 III637 (29.9)450 (30.2)187 (29.3)
 IV331 (15.6)237 (15.9)94 (14.7)
Overall survival (no. (%))
 1 years1540 (72.4)1080 (72.6)460 (72)
 3 years895 (42.1)623 (41.9)272 (42.6)
 5 years625 (29.4)440 (29.7)185 (29)