Gastric cancer in the elderly: An overview

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 709-717

  Saif, M W ^a   Makrilia, N ^b   Zalonis, A ^b   Merikas, M ^b   Syrigos, K ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Elderly; Gastrectomy; Gastric cancer; Treatment

Indexed keywords

5 CHLORO 2,4 DIHYDROXYPYRIDINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CAPECITABINE; CISPLATIN; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROPYRIMIDINE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; METHOTREXATE; MITOMYCIN C; OXALIPLATIN; OXONATE POTASSIUM; PACLITAXEL; TEGAFUR;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DISSECTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; EOSPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GASTRECTOMY; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH CARCINOMA; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL STOMACH RESECTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; AGED; CANCER STAGING; COMORBIDITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; JAPAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE CANCER; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; STATISTICS; STOMACH TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMORBIDITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; JAPAN; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954896526     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2010.05.023     Document Type: Review

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