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Characteristics and prognosis of gastric cancer in young patients

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    • Taro Isobe
    • Kousuke Hashimoto
    • Junya Kizaki
    • Motoshi Miyagi
    • Keishiro Aoyagi
    • Kikuo Koufuji
    • Kazuo Shirouzu
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    Affiliations: Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
    Copyright: © Isobe et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License [CC BY_NC 3.0].
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       https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2013.2467
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The clinicopathological features of gastric cancer (GC) differ between younger and older patients, and it is thought that younger patients have a worse prognosis than older patients due to delayed diagnosis and more aggressive tumor behavior. These characteristics, however, remain controversial. A total of 3,818 patients with pathologically confirmed primary gastric adenocarcinoma were treated at our institution. We analyzed the difference in demographic and clinicopathological characteristics between 169 young [≤40 years of age, younger group (YG)] and 3,649 older [>40 years of age, older group (OG)] GC patients. There was a significantly higher proportion of females in the YG compared with the OG (53.3 and 31.0%, respectively; P<0.0001). The 5‑year overall survival of the YG was significantly lower compared to that of the OG (59.7 and 65.9%, respectively; P=0.049). However, YG patients with curative resection had a similar 5‑year survival rate to OG patients with curative resection (88.0 and 85.8%, respectively; P=0.547). Female patients in the YG showed a significantly lower survival rate than males in the YG (44.3 and 73.1%, respectively; P=0.0002). Multivariate analyses revealed that macroscopic type, depth of invasion, peritoneal metastasis, distant metastasis and curative resection were independent prognostic factors for the YG with GC. Young GC patients who undergo curative resection do not have a worse prognosis than older patients. Early diagnosis is important in successfully carrying out a curative resection and offering a better prognosis, particularly in females.
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Isobe T, Hashimoto K, Kizaki J, Miyagi M, Aoyagi K, Koufuji K and Shirouzu K: Characteristics and prognosis of gastric cancer in young patients . Oncol Rep 30: 43-49, 2013.
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Isobe, T., Hashimoto, K., Kizaki, J., Miyagi, M., Aoyagi, K., Koufuji, K., & Shirouzu, K. (2013). Characteristics and prognosis of gastric cancer in young patients . Oncology Reports, 30, 43-49. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2013.2467
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Isobe, T., Hashimoto, K., Kizaki, J., Miyagi, M., Aoyagi, K., Koufuji, K., Shirouzu, K."Characteristics and prognosis of gastric cancer in young patients ". Oncology Reports 30.1 (2013): 43-49.
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Isobe, T., Hashimoto, K., Kizaki, J., Miyagi, M., Aoyagi, K., Koufuji, K., Shirouzu, K."Characteristics and prognosis of gastric cancer in young patients ". Oncology Reports 30, no. 1 (2013): 43-49. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2013.2467
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Isobe T, Hashimoto K, Kizaki J, Miyagi M, Aoyagi K, Koufuji K and Shirouzu K: Characteristics and prognosis of gastric cancer in young patients . Oncol Rep 30: 43-49, 2013.
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Isobe, T., Hashimoto, K., Kizaki, J., Miyagi, M., Aoyagi, K., Koufuji, K., & Shirouzu, K. (2013). Characteristics and prognosis of gastric cancer in young patients . Oncology Reports, 30, 43-49. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2013.2467
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Isobe, T., Hashimoto, K., Kizaki, J., Miyagi, M., Aoyagi, K., Koufuji, K., Shirouzu, K."Characteristics and prognosis of gastric cancer in young patients ". Oncology Reports 30.1 (2013): 43-49.
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Isobe, T., Hashimoto, K., Kizaki, J., Miyagi, M., Aoyagi, K., Koufuji, K., Shirouzu, K."Characteristics and prognosis of gastric cancer in young patients ". Oncology Reports 30, no. 1 (2013): 43-49. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2013.2467
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