| Literature DB >> 22331676 |
Xuan Kong1, Ji-Lin Wang, Hui-Min Chen, Jing-Yuan Fang.
Abstract
To evaluate the relationship between age and clinicopathological characteristics in gastric carcinoma patients, we performed the meta-analysis based on nine retrospective clinical trials. Comparing elderly patients with young patients it showed lower male/female ratio, more diffuse GC, more Borrmann type IV, more poorly differentiated carcinoma, more peritoneal metastasis, less vascular invasion, fewer partial resections, and better 5-year survival rate. These particular age-related characteristics need to be further investigated.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22331676 DOI: 10.1002/jso.23004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Surg Oncol ISSN: 0022-4790 Impact factor: 3.454