title: [Specifics of surgical treatment of stomach cancer in patients 70 years of age and older].
abstract: The paper deals with immediate and end results of surgical treatment of 435 elderly patients (70-years-old or older) with gastric cancer and the specifics of postoperative complications influencing the postoperative course of the disease. Metastasis to the regional lymph nodes appeared to be a prognostic factor of crucial importance in the latter period: 5-year recurrence-free (N0) survival was 60.3% +/- 5.2 vs. 17.6% +/- 10.3 (in 1-6 lymph nodes) and 5.2% +/- 5.0 (in 7-15 lymph nodes) (N1).
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Kharchenko
authors.forename: V D
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Chkhikvadze
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Sdvizhkov
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome