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KMID : 0614620110580010009
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Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
2011 Volume.58 No. 1 p.9 ~ p.19
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Clinicopathological Characteristics of Gastric Cancer and Survival Improvement by Surgical Treatment in the Elderly
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Choi Ju-Young
Shim Ki-Nam
Roh Sun-Hee
Tae Chung-Hyun
Kim Seong-Eun
Jung Hye-Kyung
Kim Tae-Hun
Jung Sung-Ae
Yoo Kwon
Moon Il-Hwan
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Abstract
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Background/Aims: It has been known that elderly patients with gastric cancer show worse general condition and higher comorbidities. Therefore, few elderly patients undergo surgery. This study was designed to determine clinicopathological characteristics of gastric cancer in elderly patients and evaluate their survival improvements by the surgical treatment.
Methods: Gastric cancer patients, diagnosed at Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital between 2000 to 2004, were divided into two groups those aged ≥65 years vs. ＜65 years. Clinicopathological characteristics, incidence of postoperative complications, and survival time of patients in each group were analyzed.
Results: Total 370 patients were subjected and divided into the elderly and the younger group (55.4% vs. 44.6%). The elderly group showed higher incidences of hypertension and cardiovascular disease. Well differentiated adenocarcinoma was more frequently found in the elderly group (19.0% vs. 10.0%, p=0.025). There were no differences of operation time (242.6±70.7
vs. 257.3±83.8 min, p=0.115), postoperative hospital stays (15.8±10.6 vs. 14.7±9.8 days, p=0.361), and incidence of any
complications (6.7% vs. 9.9%, p=0.309) between the two subgroups. The significant factors related with the elderly patient’s
survival were the tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) stage (stage I, hazard ratio [HR] 1.00; stage II, HR 1.28, 95% confidence
interval [CI] 0.44-3.72; stage III, HR 4.06, 95% CI 2.08-7.92, stage IV, HR 9.78, 95% CI 4.97-19.26; p＜0.001) and the treatment
modality (laparoscopy, HR 1.00; open surgery, HR 3.90, 95% CI 2.43-6.26; p＜0.001). The elderly patients who underwent
gastric cancer surgery showed prolonged survival on TNM stage I, II, and III than those who were treated conservatively.
Conclusions : In the elderly patients with gastric cancer, those who had received surgical treatments showed significantly higher survival rate than those who had treated conservatively. Therefore, aggressive surgical treatments should be seriously considered even for the elderly patients with gastric cancer.
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KEYWORD
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Aged, Elderly, Gastric cancer, Surgery
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