A High Lymph Node Yield is Associated with Prolonged Survival in Elderly Patients Undergoing Curative Gastrectomy for Cancer: A Dutch Population-Based Cohort Study

Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of lymph node yield (LNY) on postoperative mortality and overall survival in elderly patients with gastric cancer. Methods This population-based study included data from The Netherlands Cancer Registry of patients who underwent curative gas...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Annals of surgical oncology 2017-08, Vol.24 (8), p.2213-2223
Hauptverfasser:	Brenkman, Hylke J. F., Goense, Lucas, Brosens, Lodewijk A., Haj Mohammad, Nadia, Vleggaar, Frank P., Ruurda, Jelle P., van Hillegersberg, Richard
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adenocarcinoma Adenocarcinoma - epidemiology Adenocarcinoma - mortality Adenocarcinoma - pathology Adenocarcinoma - surgery Aged Aged, 80 and over Cancer Cohort analysis Cohort Studies Female Follow-Up Studies Gastrectomy Gastrectomy - mortality Gastric cancer Gastrointestinal Oncology Geriatrics Health risk assessment Humans Lymph Lymph Node Excision - mortality Lymph nodes Lymph Nodes - pathology Lymph Nodes - surgery Lymphatic system Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Middle Aged Mortality Netherlands - epidemiology Nodes Oncology Population studies Population-based studies Prognosis Stomach Neoplasms - epidemiology Stomach Neoplasms - mortality Stomach Neoplasms - pathology Stomach Neoplasms - surgery Surgery Surgical Oncology Survival Survival Rate
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Zusammenfassung:	Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of lymph node yield (LNY) on postoperative mortality and overall survival in elderly patients with gastric cancer. Methods This population-based study included data from The Netherlands Cancer Registry of patients who underwent curative gastrectomy for adenocarcinoma between 2006 and 2014. Patients were divided into two groups based on age (
ISSN:	1068-9265 1534-4681
DOI:	10.1245/s10434-017-5815-5