Gastric Cancer Surgery in Elderly Patients (GCSEP)

University of Bologna

Status: Completed

Conditions: Gastric Cancer

Treatments: Procedure: Gastric resection

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03777540

Gastric Cancer Surgery

Details and patient eligibility

About

Gastric cancer is most frequent after the fifth decade of life. Surgical risk is higher in aged population because of general health condition may affect the postoperative result. Aim of the study was to identify risk factors for post-operative mortality in octogenarian patients who underwent surgery for gastric cancer.

Full description

236 patients (181: 80-85 years old and 55: >85 years old) underwent surgery for gastric cancer at the Sant'Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital in Bologna between 2010 and 2015. The variables of the two groups of patients were compared.

Enrollment: 236 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 80 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with histologically confirmed primary gastric cancer submitted to surgical treatment;
• Age > 80 years.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with histologically confirmed primary gastric cancer submitted to surgical treatment and age < 80 years;
• Patients with histologically diagnosis of other neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases submitted to surgical treatment.

Trial design

236 participants in 1 patient group

Age; timing of gastric resection

Description:

Patients 80-85 years; Patients \> 85 years; Elective and urgent surgery.

Treatment:

Procedure: Gastric resection