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- Title
Clinicopathological characteristics of gastric carcinoma in young patients.
- Authors
Kim, D. Y.; Ryu, S. Y.; Kim, Y. J.; Kim, S. K.
- Abstract
Background and aims. Gastric carcinoma is a common disease that usually affects older patients, rarely younger patients. Although the relationship between prognosis and the age of patients with gastric carcinoma is controversial, most investigators have suggested that young patients have a poorer prognosis. This study examined the clinicopathological features of young patients with gastric carcinoma. Patients and methods. We retrospectively reviewed the hospital records of 1,833 patients with gastric carcinoma to compare the clinicopathological findings in young (aged <36 years) and older (aged ≥ 36 years) patients during the period 1988 to 1998 in a tertiary referral center in Gwangju City. Overall survival was the main outcome measure. Results. Of the 1,833 patients, 137 (7.5%) were in the young age group. There were no significant differences in depth of invasion, lymph node invasion, hepatic metastasis, peritoneal dissemination, tumor stage or rate of curative resection. A significantly higher percentage of young patients had poorly differentiated histology (P=0.0001). The young patients with curatively resected gastric carcinoma had a better survival rate than young patients with non-resected gastric carcinoma (P<0.001). The 5-year survival rates of young and older patients did not differ statistically (39.6% vs 42.4%; P=0.254). Conclusion. Young patients with gastric carcinoma do not have a worse prognosis than older patients. The important prognostic factor was whether the patients underwent curative resection.
- Subjects
STOMACH cancer; PATHOLOGY; CANCER prognosis; CANCER diagnosis; CANCER invasiveness; CANCER patients; CLINICAL medicine
- Publication
Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery, 2003, Vol 388, Issue 4, p245
- ISSN
1435-2443
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00423-003-0387-1