title: Comparison of the clinicopathological characteristics of young and elderly patients with gastric carcinoma: a meta analysis.
abstract: To evaluate the relationship between age and clinicopathological characteristics in gastric carcinoma patients, we performed the meta-analysis based on nine retrospective clinical trials. Comparing elderly patients with young patients it showed lower male/female ratio, more diffuse GC, more Borrmann type IV, more poorly differentiated carcinoma, more peritoneal metastasis, less vascular invasion, fewer partial resections, and better 5-year survival rate. These particular age-related characteristics need to be further investigated.
authors.affiliation: GI Division, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Xuan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: Ji-Lin
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hui-Min
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jing-Yuan
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Fang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D013270:Stomach / Q000473:pathology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D015996:Survival Rate