Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	3745
Country	China

Received	2013-05-20 08:23
Peer-Review Started	2013-05-20 12:47
To Make the First Decision	2013-06-09 09:54
Return for Revision	2013-06-18 15:59
Revised	2013-07-28 20:59
Second Decision	2013-08-06 13:36
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2013-08-06 23:05
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Category	Oncology
Manuscript Type	Autobiography
Article Title	Characteristics and prognosis of gastric cancer in patients aged ≥ 70 years
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Yue-Xiang Liang, Jing-Yu Deng, Han-Han Guo, Xue-Wei Ding, Xiao-Na Wang, Bao-Gui Wang, Li Zhang and Han Liang
Funding Agency and Grant Number	Funding Agency Grant Number National Basic Research Program of China: 973 Program 2010CB529301
Corresponding Author	Han Liang, Professor, Department of Gastric Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, National Clinical Research Center of Cancer, Huanhuxi Road, Hexi District, Tianjin 300060, China. tjlianghan@sohu.com
Key Words	Gastric carcinoma; Elderly patients; Prognosis; Lymphadenectomy; Chemotherapy
Core Tip	Few studies have compared the characteristics and prognosis of gastric cancer among younger, middle-aged and elderly patients. Elderly patients have distinctive properties, and we have to treat them individually with particular care. We found that age ≥ 70 years was an independent prognostic factor for patients with gastric cancer after gastrectomy and these patients had distinctive characteristics of male predominance, larger tumor size, more histological differentiation, higher number of tumors located in the upper third of the stomach, and advanced tumor-node-metastasis stage, but less distant metastasis compared to younger and middle-aged patients.
Publish Date	2013-11-08 14:06
Citation	Liang YX, Deng JY, Guo HH, Ding XW, Wang XN, Wang BG, Zhang L, Liang H. Characteristics and prognosis of gastric cancer in patients aged ≥ 70 years. World J Gastroenterol 2013; 19(39): 6568-6578
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v19/i39/6568.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v19.i39.6568

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