Surgical outcomes of elderly patients with Stage I gastric cancer from the nationwide registry of the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association.
Souya NunobeIchiro OdaTakashi IshikawaKohei AkazawaHitoshi KataiYoh IsobeIsao MiyashiroShunichi TsujitaniHiroyuki OnoSatoshi TanabeTakeo FukagawaSatoshi SuzukiYoshihiro Kakejinull nullPublished in: Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association (2019)
Among elderly patients with Stage I gastric cancer, deaths due to other diseases were frequently observed in the long term. Thus, for elderly patients, it may be appropriate to reconsider the treatment strategy with respect to the balance between the invasiveness of the treatment and the prognosis.
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