Increasing disparities in the proportions of active treatment and 5-year overall survival over time by age groups among older patients with gastric cancer in Korea

• Main Authors: Hyun-Soo Zhang (Author), Dong-Woo Choi (Author), Han Sang Kim (Author), Hye Jung Kang (Author), Hoyol Jhang (Author), Wonjeong Jeong (Author), Chung Mo Nam (Author), Sohee Park (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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PurposeAs older patients with gastric cancer increase in Korea, no consensus indicative of anti-cancer treatment exists for the oldest old (age 85+). We investigated potential disparities in the proportion of surgery-including active treatment and the degree of survival improvement over time by age...