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Clinicopathologic characteristics and prognosis of gastric cancer in young patients.

2012; National Institutes of Health; Linguagem: Inglês

Hiroaki Saito, Seigo Takaya, Yoji Fukumoto, Tomohiro Osaki, Shigeru Tatebe, Masahide Ikeguchi,

Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment

To determine the clinicopathologic characteristics and prognosis of gastric cancer in young patients, a total of 1985 gastric cancer patients who had undergone gastrectomy at our hospital were reviewed. The male-to-female ratio was significantly lower in the young patients than in either the middle-aged (P < 0.0001) or elderly patients (P < 0.0001). Undifferentiated carcinoma was observed more frequently in the young patients compared with either the middle-aged (P < 0.0001) or elderly patients (P < 0.0001). Furthermore, peritoneal metastasis was observed more frequently in the young patients than in either the middle-aged (P < 0.005) or elderly patients (P < 0.005). Five-year survival rates were 61.0, 73.6 and 68.1% in the young, middle-aged and elderly patients, respectively. The prognosis of the middle-aged patients was significantly better than that of either the young or the elderly patients (P < 0.05). Multivariate analysis indicated that age was an independent prognostic factor. Peritoneal recurrence was more frequently observed in the young patients than either the middle-aged or the elderly patients (P < 0.05). Gastric cancer in young patients has unique characteristics, namely, a predominance of female patients and a high frequency of undifferentiated cancer and peritoneal metastasis and recurrence.