Affiliation:
1. Hınıs State Hospital, Erzurum, Turkiye
Abstract
Aim: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between some demographic and clinical factors and survival in patients with gastric cancer.
Materials and Methods: We retrospectively evaluated the records of 252 gastric cancer patients followed up in the medical oncology department between 01.01.2016 and 10.01.2020. Gastric lymphoma, gastrointestinal stromal tumor, and neuroendocrine tumor were excluded. Factors evaluated in the study included age, sex, urban/non-urban residence, admitting complaints, smoking history, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score, stage at diagnosis, histological subtype, surgical history, tumor location, grade, diameter and macroscopic view of tumor, metastatic lymph node ratio, chemotherapy regimens, febrile neutropenia, post-chemotherapy radiological reports, chemoradiotherapy (CRT) history and survival after diagnosis.
Results: Mean overall survival (OS) time was significantly shorter in patients with weight loss (p
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