title: Prognostic factors for survival of patients with advanced gastric cancer treated with cisplatin-based chemotherapy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The present study evaluated baseline patient- or tumor-related prognostic factors in patients with advanced gastric adenocarcinoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 304 consecutive patients with newly diagnosed metastatic or recurrent gastric cancer treated with one or more cycles of cisplatin-based chemotherapy at the Korea Cancer Center Hospital were enrolled in the current study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among the original 304 patients, only 4 patients were alive at the time of this analysis. The median survival for all patients was 7.3 (95% CI, 6.3-8.2) months. Five independent prognostic factors were identified by a multivariate analysis: poor performance status (hazard ratio [HR], 1.46; 95% CI, 1.32-2.92), elevated total bilirubin (HR, 2.04; 95% CI, 1.73-2.35), presence of peritoneal metastasis (HR, 1.73; 95% CI, 1.57-1.90), presence of bone metastasis (HR, 3.11; 95% CI, 2.69-3.53), and more than 1 metastatic site (HR, 1.22; 95% CI, 1.06-1.38). A prognostic index was constructed that divided the patients into a good (n = 162), moderate (n = 82), or poor (n = 60) risk group. The 1-year survival rates for the good, moderate, and poor risk groups were 34.6, 20.7, and 1.7%, respectively, and the survival differences among the groups were highly significant (P < 0.0001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Five prognostic factors were identified from patients receiving first-line cisplatin-based chemotherapy for advanced gastric cancer. A simple prognostic index was then developed that produced distinct survival rates among the different risk groups. Therefore, this prognostic model could help clinicians and patients in clinical decision-making and treatment tailoring based on the estimated prognosis.
authors: Department of Hematology-Oncology, Korea Cancer Center Hospital, Seoul, South Korea.
authors: Jong Gwang
authors: JG
authors: Kim
authors: Baek-Yeol
authors: BY
authors: Ryoo
authors: Yeon Hee
authors: YH
authors: Park
authors: Bong-Seog
authors: BS
authors: Kim
authors: Tae-You
authors: TY
authors: Kim
authors: Young-Hyuck
authors: YH
authors: Im
authors: Yoon-Koo
authors: YK
authors: Kang
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001772:Blood Cell Count; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D002945:Cisplatin