EFFICACY AND TOLERABILITY OF CHEMOTHERAPY IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH METASTATIC GASTRIC CANCER
TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS-TURK GERIATRI DERGISI, vol.19, no.1, pp.27-34, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, SSCI, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 19 Issue: 1
- Publication Date: 2016
- Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS-TURK GERIATRI DERGISI
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Page Numbers: pp.27-34
- Van Yüzüncü Yıl University Affiliated: No
Abstract
Introduction: Elderly patients are under-represented in the clinical trials of patients with metastatic gastric cancer (GC); therefore, the efficacy and tolerability of palliative chemotherapy are unclear in these patients. We aimed to assess the efficacy and tolerability of first-line palliative chemotherapy in elderly patients (age >= 70 years) with metastatic GC.