Gastric Adenocarcinoma in Young Patients: a Population-based Appraisal

Overview

Journal Ann Surg Oncol

Publisher Springer

Specialty Oncology

Date 2011 Mar 23

PMID 21424881

Citations 50

Authors

Waddah B Al-Refaie

Chung-Yuan Hu

Peter W T Pisters

George J Chang

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Abstract

Background: Although international studies of young gastric cancer patients have mainly reported favorable survival outcomes compared with older patients, US-based experiences have shown a wider spectrum of outcomes. We examined the impact of young age (under 45 years) on the presentation and survival outcomes of gastric adenocarcinoma.

Methods: A total of 33,236 patients with gastric adenocarcinoma were identified within the 1988-2006 Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) registry. Multivariate regression analysis of relative survival was performed to adjust for covariate effects using generalized linear models.

Results: Young patients were more likely than older patients to have advanced nodal and distant metastatic disease at presentation (P < 0.001 for both). Unadjusted relative survival analysis demonstrated younger patients to have favorable stage-stratified survival when compared with middle-aged and older patients. These findings persisted after adjusting for covariates. After stratifying for receipt of cancer-directed surgery, younger age was associated with more favorable stage-stratified relative survival.

Conclusions: This is the largest US population-based study of age-related gastric cancer outcomes. Although young patients with gastric cancer present with more advanced disease, their adjusted stage-stratified relative survival is more favorable than that of older patients. This study supports a stage-dependent treatment approach in younger populations.

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