Significant prognostic factors by multivariate analysis in elder patients with gastric cancer

Objective: The aim of this study was to indentify and measure the prognostic factors in elder patients with gastric cancer. Methods: Univariate and multivariate analyses of the prognostic value of Various pathological and treatment variables in 92gastric cancer. Survival was compared by using the log-rank test on the kaplan-meier life table. Results: On univariate analysis,significant prognostic factors were plt,Weight,size of tumour,depth of invasion,lymph node metastasis,histologic differentiation and TNM stage（P＜0.05）,On multivariate analysis,independent prognostic factors were TNM stage,lymph node metastasis and thrombocytosis（P＜0.01）,The radical gastrectomies is recommended to lengthen survival in elder patients with gastric cancer. Conclusion: TNM stage,lymph node metastasis and thrombocytosis are independent prognostic indicator of survival in elder patients with gastric cancer.