Comparison of the clinicopathological characteristics of young and elderly patients with gastric carcinoma: a meta analysis.

To evaluate the relationship between age and clinicopathological characteristics in gastric carcinoma patients, we performed the meta-analysis based on nine retrospective clinical trials. Comparing elderly patients with young patients it showed lower male/female ratio, more diffuse GC, more Borrmann type IV, more poorly differentiated carcinoma, more peritoneal metastasis, less vascular invasion, fewer partial resections, and better 5-year survival rate. These particular age-related characteristics need to be further investigated.