Metastasis patterns and prognosis in young gastric cancer patients: A propensity score‑matched SEER database analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Whether young patients with metastatic gastric cancer (GC) had distinct metastasis patterns and survival outcomes from older patients remains controversial. The aim of the present study was to explore the metastasis patterns and prognostic factors in young patients and evaluate the survival outcome in comparison to their older counterparts.

Materials and methods

We identified patients with metastatic GC in the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results (SEER) database from 2010 to 2015. The patients were divided into two groups based on age at diagnosis: younger (≤40 years old) and older (>40 years old). We employed the chi-squared test to compare the clinicopathological characteristics between the two age groups. Furthermore, we conducted survival analyses using

SUBMITTER: Zhang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11003629 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature