(1) Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan;(2) Department of Surgery, Kitasato Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan;
Abstract:
Background
It has been suggested that gastric cancer in young patients has a worse prognosis than in older patients, but this is controversial.
This retrospective investigation was undertaken to understand the clinicopathological features and identify the prognostic
factors of gastric cancer in young patients.