Abstract:AbsractObjective: Gastric cancer is responsible for a considerable proportion of all cancer-related deaths. Elderly cancer patients are often ignored in prospective studies in which the efficacy of chemotherapy is evaluated, although more than half of all gastric cancer cases are over the age of 70 years. The present study aims to evaluate the efficacy and feasibility of capecitabine-based chemotherapies in geriatric patients with gastric cancer.Method: A total of 81 patients over the age of 65 years who recei… Show more
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