Retrospective evaluation of lymphatic and blood vessel invasion and Borrmann types in advanced proximal gastric cancer

Figure 1 Survival according to lymphatic and/or blood vessel invasion status and Borrmann type. Survival curves according to, A: Lymphatic and/or blood vessel invasion status; B: Borrmann type (Bor) in 440 patients with advanced proximal gastric cancer.

Figure 2 Survival after incorporating lymphatic and/or blood vessel invasion into the Borrmann type. Survival curves after incorporating lymphatic and/or blood vessel invasion into the Borrmann type (Bor) for 382 patients with infiltrative advanced proximal gastric cancer (Bor III and IV).

Figure 3 Prognostic significance of revised Borrmann type III and type IV. Prognostic significance of revised Borrmann type III (r-Bor III) and type IV (r-Bor IV) in 440 patients with advanced proximal gastric cancer according to the A) univariate analysis and B) multivariate analysis.

Figure 4 Prognostic significance of revised Borrmann type III and type IV. Prognostic significance of revised Borrmann type III (r-Bor III) and type IV (r-Bor IV) in patients with pT3 and pT4a disease.