title: [Treatment of advanced gastric cancer in the elderly].
abstract: Because the aging process varies among individuals, elderly people of the same age, especially those over 80 years, do not necessarily have similar organ function. After consideration of lower organ function and concomitant disease, less invasive treatment should be selected for elderly patients. Therefore, it is important to limit preventive lymph node dissection, and when determining the dose of anticancer drugs, major organ function should be taken into consideration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Osada
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*