Table 3

Site of cancer in the stomach in early gastric stump cancer and primary early gastric cancer in the upper third of the stomach

Lesser curvature Anterior wall Greater curvature Posterior wall
Early gastric stump cancer (n=43)20 (47)4 (10)10 (23)9 (20)
Primary early gastric cancer (n=156)71 (46)17 (11)9 (5)59 (38)
  • Numbers in parentheses are per cents.