Clinical characteristics and comparison of the outcome in young versus older patients with upper gastrointestinal carcinoma.

Hannah Christina PuhrAlexander KarnerHossein TaghizadehGerd JomrichSebastian Friedrich SchoppmannMatthias PreusserAyseguel Ilhan-Mutlu

Published in: Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology (2020)

These results indicate that young patients might be diagnosed very late, which might lead to the development of a more aggressive disease compared to older patients, but a relatively long OS when diagnosed and treated in a non-metastatic setting. Thus, screening methods for younger patients might be considerable to enhance the outcome of young patients with GET.

Keyphrases

newly diagnosed
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
small cell lung cancer
patient reported outcomes