Comparison of the clinicopathological characteristics of young and Elderly patients with gastric carcinoma: A meta analysis

To evaluate the relationship between age and clinicopathological characteristics in gastric carcinoma patients, we performed the meta-analysis based on nine retrospective clinical trials. Comparing elderly patients with young patients it showed lower male/female ratio, more diffuse GC, more Borrmann type IV, more poorly differentiated carcinoma, more peritoneal metastasis, less vascular invasion, fewer partial resections, and better 5-year survival rate. These particular age-related characteristics need to be further investigated. J. Surg. Oncol. 2012; 106:346352. (c) 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.