Survival outcomes of elderly patients with pathological stages II and III gastric cancer following curative gastrectomy.

Ryo TakahashiSouya NunobeRie MakuuchiSatoshi IdaKoshi KumagaiManabu OhashiTakeshi Sano

Published in: Annals of gastroenterological surgery (2020)

Compared with nonelderly patients, different characteristics were observed in the survival outcomes of elderly patients between pStages II and III gastric cancer. The survival gap between OS and DSS of elderly patients was larger in pStage II cancer than in pStage III cancer. The E-PASS scoring system could be a relatively useful predictor in elderly patients.

Keyphrases

papillary thyroid
end stage renal disease
squamous cell
prognostic factors
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
lymph node metastasis
squamous cell carcinoma
childhood cancer
free survival