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KMID : 1239920220160050604
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Nutrition Research and Practice
2022 Volume.16 No. 5 p.604 ~ p.615
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Risk factors for cancer-specific survival in elderly gastric cancer patients after curative gastrectomy
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Liu Xiao
Xue Zhigang
Yu Jianchun
Ma Zhiqiang
Kang Weiming
Ye Xin
Li Zijian
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Abstract
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BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to investigate cancer-specific survival (CSS) and associated risk factors in elderly gastric cancer (EGC) patients.
SUBJECTS/METHODS: EGC patients (≥ 70 yrs) who underwent curative gastrectomy between January 2013 and December 2017 at our hospital were included. Clinicopathologic characteristics and survival data were collected. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was used to extract the best cutoff point for body mass index (BMI). A Cox proportional hazards model was used to determine the risk factors for CSS.
RESULTS: In total, 290 EGC patients were included, with a median age of 74.7 yrs. The median follow-up time was 31 (1?77) mon. The postoperative 1-yr, 3-yr and 5-yr CSS rates were 93.7%, 75.9% and 65.1%, respectively. Univariate analysis revealed risk factors for CSS, including age (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.08; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.01?1.15), intensive care unit (ICU) admission (HR = 1.73; 95% CI, 1.08?2.79), nutritional risk screening (NRS 2002) score ≥ 5 (HR = 2.33; 95% CI, 1.49?3.75), and preoperative prognostic nutrition index score < 45 (HR = 2.06; 95% CI, 1.27?3.33). The ROC curve showed that the best BMI cutoff value was 20.6 kg/m2. Multivariate analysis indicated that a BMI ≤ 20.6 kg/m2 (HR = 2.30; 95% CI, 1.36?3.87), ICU admission (HR = 1.97; 95% CI, 1.17?3.30) and TNM stage (stage II: HR = 5.56; 95% CI, 1.59?19.43; stage III: HR = 16.20; 95% CI, 4.99?52.59) were significantly associated with CSS.
CONCLUSIONS: Low BMI (≤ 20.6 kg/m2), ICU admission and advanced pathological TNM stages (II and III) are independent risk factors for CSS in EGC patients after curative gastrectomy. Nutrition support, better perioperative management and early diagnosis would be helpful for better survival.
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KEYWORD
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Stomach neoplasms, aged, risk factors, survival, body mass index
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