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

Table 1 Demographic and surgical data in 109 patients with adenocarcinoma of the EGJ

	Group A (51)1	Group B (58)1	P	Total (109)
Median age (±SD)	75.4±3.1	53.7±5.6	P<0.05	62.6±13.8
Sex ratio (M/F)	4.8/1	6.2/1	P<0.05	5.5/1
Operability (%)	38 (74.5)	53 (91.3)	P<0.05	91 (83.4)
Primary resection (%)	33 (86.8)	48 (90.5)	NS	81 (89)
Postoperative death (%)	4 (12.1)	2 (4.1)	P<0.05	6 (7.4)
Morbidity (%)	16 (48.4)	16 (33.3)	NS	32 (39.5)
Mean hospital stay (±SD)	19.3±7.1 d	18.1±6.3 d	NS	19±6.9 d

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

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.

Table 3 Histopathologic data regarding pN category in 81 patients that underwent surgical resection for adenocarcinoma of the EGJ

pN category	Group A (33)1	Group B (48)1	P
Patients N0	13 (39.3)2	18 (37.5)2	NS
Patients N+	20 (60.6)2	30 (62.5)2	NS
Assessed lymph nodes	436	511	NS
Positive lymph nodes	109 (25)2	90 (17.6)2	NS

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

²Percentage in parenthesis.