Gastric Cancer

Findings from Yonsei University, Medical Department broaden understanding of gastric cancer

Published in Cancer Weekly, May 20th, 2008

"Conflicting results from previous studies on gastric adenocarcinoma (GC) in young patients have led to controversy surrounding the prognosis for young GC patients. The authors studied 6954 patients with GC who received curative resections," scientists in Seoul, South Korea report.

"They were classified into three groups: those aged 40 years or less (''young,'' 12.7%); those aged 41-65 years (''middle-aged,'' 66.7%); and those aged more than 65 years (''elderly,'' 20.6%). Clinicopathologic characteristics and overall survival rates were analyzed. Young patients were predominately female and had tumors that were histologically undifferentiated. However, in regard to T4...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-05-20)

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