Revisiting lymph node guidelines: limited lymph node examination might be sufficient for elderly gastric cancer patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Whether limited examined lymph node (ELN) number is comparable to recommended ELN number for long-term outcomes remains controversial in elderly gastric cancer (GC) patients. The purpose of this study was to assess the long-term survival between limited ELN number and recommended ELN number in elderly GC patients.

Methods

Elderly GC patients over 75 years old from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database were retrospectively reviewed. The long-term cancer-specific survival (CSS) and overall survival (OS) were compared between the limited ELN number group (ELN <15, limited group) and recommended ELN number (ELN ≥15, recommended group).

Results

In total, 1,521 elderly GC patients were divided into the limited group (793 patients, 52.1%)

SUBMITTER: Zhang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11985216 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature