UNASSIGNED: 4129 Background: @entity356 is the most common @entity5 and the second leading cause of @entity5 @entity204 in Korea. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical significance of age in curatively resected @entity356 . METHODS: Retrospective analysis was performed for 1,158 @entity356 @entity1 who underwent curative resection from Jan. 1996 to Dec. 2001. RESULTS: Seven hundred sixy-seven (66.2%) of the @entity1 were male and 391 (33.8%) were females. Median age was 56.9    11.5 (range: 19-84). Total gastrectomy was performed in 13.6% and subtotal gastrectomy in 86.4%. Stage was as follows: I 59.4%, II 14.7%, IIIA 16.3%, IIIB 9.6%. Age less than 65 was 838 (72.4%) and >=  65 was 320 (27.6%). More than 65 years of age was associated with more tubular type (p=.001), intestinal Lauren type (p=.003), vascular invasion (p=.037), and higher T and total stage (p=.002). Operative complications were more common in age >=  65 group (p=.003), and also more frequent in early @entity204 rate in age >=  65 group (p=.020). @entity5 recurrence was more common in age >=  65 group (p=.016). 2-, 4-, and 6-year @entity1349 ( @entity1349 ) rates, and 2-, 4-, and 6-year @entity4557 ( @entity4557 ) rates were 92.7%, 89.1%, 86.3% and 93.3%, 84.4%, 78.7% in age < 65 group and 89.4%, 84.8%, 71.1% (p=.012) and 90.3%, 81.5%, 75.1% (p=.122) in age >=  65 group respectively. By multivariate Cox regression analysis, @entity5 stage was the most important prognostic factor for @entity1349 and @entity4557 . Age was an independent prognostic factor for predicting @entity1349 (RR 1.025, 95% CI 1.001-1.049), but, not a significant prognostic factor of @entity4557 . But, after excludinga early @entity204 cases (within < 2 months of operation), prognostic significance of age was disappeared, and age was not independent prognostic factor for @entity1349 and @entity4557 in curatively resected @entity356 . CONCLUSIONS: So, we conclude that @entity204 after curative resection causes poor prognosis in elderly @entity356 @entity1 . No significant financial relationships to disclose.

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@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity4557 :: ('MESH:D012008', 'Disease') :: ['RFS', 'relapse free survival'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['tumor', 'cancer', 'Tumor'] @entity204 :: ('MESH:D003643', 'Disease') :: ['increased early death', 'death'] @entity356 :: ('MESH:D013274', 'Disease') :: ['gastric cancer', 'gastric adenocarcinoma', 'Gastric cancer'] @entity1349 :: ('MESH:D011475', 'Disease') :: ['TS', 'total survival']
@entity356 :: (MESH:D013274,Disease) :: ['gastric cancer']
