TY - JOUR T1 - Feasibility and Effectiveness of Gastrectomy for Elderly Gastric Cancer Patients JF - In Vivo JO - In Vivo SP - 1307 LP - 1311 DO - 10.21873/invivo.11604 VL - 33 IS - 4 AU - YASUNORI OTOWA AU - SHUJI OKAMOTO AU - RYOSUKE FUJINAKA AU - KEISUKE ARAI AU - KOICHI MURATA AU - YASUHIKO MII AU - KEITARO KAKINOKI AU - SHIGETERU OKA AU - DAISUKE KURODA Y1 - 2019/07/01 UR - http://iv.iiarjournals.org/content/33/4/1307.abstract N2 - Background/Aim: The benefits of gastrectomy for elderly gastric cancer (GC) patients remain unknown. The aim of this study was to evaluate the validity of gastrectomy. Patients and Methods: Patients who had R0 or R1 resection and diagnosed as pathological Stage I-III GC were enrolled in this study. Patients were classified according to age: Elderly group (≥80 years old), non-Elderly group (70-79 years old), Standard group (≤69 years old). Results: As the age raised, the number of comorbidities increased and patients had a worse physical status. Operative procedure and postoperative complications of the Elderly group were similar to that of the non-Elderly group. The overall survival was similar in pathological Stages I and III between the Elderly and non-Elderly groups, while the Stage II Elderly group had shorter overall survival. Also, the Elderly group did not undergo adjuvant chemotherapy compared to other groups. Conclusion: Gastrectomy can be performed safely in elderly patients following gastrectomy, survival of elderly patients was similar to non-elderly patients. Therefore, gastrectomy is an acceptable treatment for elderly patients in good condition. ER -