Impact of gastrectomy for incurable advanced gastric cancer in the elderly

Impact of gastrectomy for incurable advanced gastric cancer in the elderly - Palliative gastrectomy in the elderly

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000045961

Enrollment

Registered

2021-11-02

Start date

2021-08-17

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Gastric cancer

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: We included 56 patients aged >80 years with incurable advanced gastric cancer who required surgical intervention at our department between February 1992 and July 2021. All patients were diagnosed with stage IV disease with at least one non-curative resection factor (non-resectable distant metastases, para-aortic lymph node metastasis above the celiac axis or below the inferior mesenteric artery or both, or non-resectable peritoneal carcinosis).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Twenty-six patients with gastric cancer of the upper part of the stomach, and three who underwent procedure other than gastrectomy or bypass (partial gastrectomy [n = 1] and gastrostomy [n = 2]) were excluded.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Overall survival after surgery	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactGoshi Fujimoto

Koga Community Hospital Gastroenterological surgery

g_chimera_7@yahoo.co.jp054-628-5500

Outcome results