TY - JOUR T1 - Assessment of Surgical Treatment and Postoperative Nutrition in Gastric Cancer Patients Older than 80 Years JF - Anticancer Research JO - Anticancer Res SP - 511 LP - 515 VL - 35 IS - 1 AU - TOMONORI NAKANOKO AU - YOSHIHIRO KAKEJI AU - KOJI ANDO AU - YUICHIRO NAKASHIMA AU - KIPPEI OHGAKI AU - YASUE KIMURA AU - HIROSHI SAEKI AU - EIJI OKI AU - MASARU MORITA AU - YOSHIHIKO MAEHARA Y1 - 2015/01/01 UR - http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/35/1/511.abstract N2 - Background: A gastrectomy for gastric cancer is sometimes required in patients older than 80 years due to the continuously increasing age of society. However, if a gastrectomy worsens the postoperative quality of life and daily activity in elderly patients because of poor nutrition, the procedure may not always be a useful treatment strategy. Patients and Methods: Clinicopathological data of patients with gastric cancer who underwent a gastrectomy at our Department between 1998 and 2008 (N=471) were collected and analyzed. The results of treatment for patients older than 80 years (N=41) were analyzed and compared against those of patients younger than 80 years (N=430). Results: Patients older than 80 years had a higher frequency of preoperative co-morbidities than patients younger than 80 years. However, there was no statistical difference in postoperative complications regarding nutrition between the two groups. Conclusion: Older age is not a determinant of poor nutrition following gastrectomy. Gastrectomy for gastric cancer is, therefore, a useful treatment strategy, regardless of ageing. ER -