Gastric cancer in elderly: clinico-pathological features and surgical treatment
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Materials and methods All patients who received a gastrectomy for adenocarcinoma in our surgical department since January 1998 to December 2002 were admitted to the study. Inclusion criteria were: a) Curative resection (R0); b)no metastases before surgery; c)no other primitive neoplasms; d)consensus of the patient for a follow-up of 5 years. Patients were divided into two groups for age: cut-off has been considered for 70 years old.
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