Retrospective Cohort Study
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World J Clin Cases. May 6, 2020; 8(9): 1608-1619
Published online May 6, 2020. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i9.1608
Prognosis factors of advanced gastric cancer according to sex and age
Abdulaziz Alshehri, Hussain Alanezi, Beom Su Kim
Abdulaziz Alshehri, Hussain Alanezi, Beom Su Kim, Department of Gastric Surgery, Ulsan University School of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul 05505, South Korea
Abdulaziz Alshehri, General Surgery Department, King Fahad Military Medical Complex, Dhahran 31932, Saudi Arabia
Hussain Alanezi, Department of General Surgery, Northern Area Armed Forces Hospital, Hafar Al Batin 31991, Saudi Arabia
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved for publication by our Institutional Reviewer.
Informed consent statement: Patients were not required to give informed consent to the study because the analysis used anonymous data that were obtained after each patient agreed to treatment by written consent.
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Corresponding author: Beom Su Kim, MD, PhD, Professor, Surgeon, Department of Gastric Surgery, Ulsan University School of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, 88 Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songp-gu, Seoul 05505, South Korea. bskim0251@naver.com
Received: February 22, 2020
Peer-review started: February 22, 2020
First decision: March 18, 2020
Revised: March 26, 2020
Accepted: April 24, 2020
Article in press: April 24, 2020
Published online: May 6, 2020
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Core Tip

Core tip: Understanding the association between age and the survival rate for gastric cancer might be helpful to clarify the prognostic value of age and potentially improve treatment efficacy. However, few studies have evaluated the effects of sex or age on gastric cancer outcomes, especially for advanced gastric cancer. Thus, we evaluated the relationships of age and sex with advanced gastric cancer outcomes in 2005 patients at our center.