Adenocarcinoma of gastric cardia in the elderly: Surgical problems and prognostic factors

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World Journal of Gastroenterology

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Gastric Cancer

World J Gastroenterol. Sep 7, 2005; 11(33): 5123-5128
Published online Sep 7, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i33.5123

Table 2 Histopathologic data in 81 patients that underwent surgical resection for adenocarcinoma of the EGJ

	Group A (33, %)¹	Group B (48, %)¹	P
Intestinal metaplasia	71.4	71.4	NS
Curative resection (R0)	69.6	75	NS
Tumor involvement of resection margin	3	4.1	NS
Lymph nodes involvement (N+)	60.6	62.5	NS

¹Group A: ≥70-years old; group B: ≤60-years old.

Citation: Martino ND, Izzo G, Cosenza A, Cerullo G, Torelli F, Brillantino A, Genio AD. Adenocarcinoma of gastric cardia in the elderly: Surgical problems and prognostic factors. World J Gastroenterol 2005; 11(33): 5123-5128
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v11/i33/5123.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v11.i33.5123