Population-based outcomes research on treatment patterns and impact of chemotherapy in older patients with metastatic gastric cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Older patients with cancer are underrepresented in clinical trials, and thus, limited data are available on older patients with metastatic gastric cancer (MGC). This study was conducted to assess patterns of care, and outcomes of chemotherapy and its predictors, in older patients with MGC.

Methods

Using the Korean Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) database, a nationwide population-based outcomes study was conducted. From the HIRA database, patients newly diagnosed with MGC in 2010 were identified (N = 1871).

Results

Patients aged ≥70 years were defined as older patients (N = 792) and those aged <70 years as younger patients (N = 1079). Compared with younger patients, fewer older patients were diagnosed with MGC and received cancer treatment

SUBMITTER: Lee KW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11819045 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature