abstract

• Objective: To analyze the clinical records of patients with gastric adenocarcinoma, treated at two different public health institutions in Mexico to determine survival rates. Methods: Cox proportional-hazards model was fitted to identify the factors involved in survival of patients. Result: The results show that subjects aged 41 to 50 years of age had a 56%25 lower risk of death from gastric cancer compared to those< 40 years of age. Asthenia and/or adynamia, weight loss and leukocytosis increased the risk of dying. The incidence of melena was found to be a protective factor for mortality. Conclusion: At age< 40 years, symptoms such as asthenia, adynamia and weight loss and leukocytosis are poor prognosis predictors in patients with gastric cancer. Melena seems to be a protective sign of gastric cancer mortality in Mexico. Given the low 5-year survival rate in patients with gastric cancer, further studies are necessary to explore the factors associated with survival to contribute to effective intervention.

publication date

• 2021-01-01

published in

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Care  Journal

keywords

• Gastric cancer- adenocarcinoma- survival- prognostic factors

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

•  10.31557/APJCC.2021.6.4.429-440

PubMed ID

start page

• 429-440

end page

volume

• 6

issue

• 4