| Title | The long-term survival of esophageal cancer in elderly patients: A multi-center, retrospective study from China |
| Authors | Li, Runhua He, Yutong Sun, Xibin Wang, Ning Zhang, Min Wei, Kuangrong Li, Huizhang Dong, Peng Du, Lingbin Chen, Wanqing |
| Affiliation | Chinese Acad Sci, Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Zhejiang Canc Hosp,Zhejiang Key Lab Diag & Treatm, Canc Hosp,Inst Basic Med & Canc IBMC,Dept Canc Pr, Hangzhou 310022, Zhejiang, Peoples R China Hebei Med Univ, Hosp 4, Tumor Hosp Hebei Prov, Canc Inst, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, Peoples R China Henan Canc Hosp, Zhengzhou, Henan, Peoples R China Peking Univ, Beijing Canc Hosp, Canc Hosp, Beijing, Peoples R China Hubei Canc Hosp, Wuhan, Peoples R China Zhongshan City Peoples Hosp, Canc Inst, Zhongshan, Guangdong, Peoples R China Chinese Acad Med Sci & Peking Union Med Coll, Canc Hosp, Natl Clin Res Ctr Canc, Natl Canc Ctr, Beijing 100021, Peoples R China |
| Keywords | SQUAMOUS-CELL CARCINOMA RISK EPIDEMIOLOGY MANAGEMENT DIET ASSOCIATION STATISTICS DRINKING WESTERN HABITS |
| Issue Date | Oct-2022 |
| Publisher | CANCER MEDICINE |
| Abstract | Background Esophageal cancer (EC) often occurs in the elderly, and approximately 40% of patients are 70 years or older. To investigate the long-term survival of EC in elderly patients, to provide a theoretical direction for better management and predicting survival of EC based on the hospital-based multi-center study in China. Methods The study was conducted in 18 hospitals including 6 provincial hospitals, 8 municipal hospitals, and 4 county hospitals. We extracted information from medical record homepage, records of admission and discharge, and pathological diagnosis reports from the medical record department of the elderly patients at 70-84 years old to obtain the 3-year and 5-year overall survival (OS), and main associated factors, and to analyze the current therapeutic effect of different treatment options for elderly patients. Results The 3-year and 5-year OS rate of the 1013 elderly patients was 44.8% and 32.8%, respectively. Their median survival was 28.00 months. The median survival of patients with squamous cell carcinoma was longer than that of other pathological type (squamous vs. other types: 31.00 vs. 20.00 months, p = 0.018). The median survival of patients with surgery only or combined therapy was longer than that of radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and no therapy (surgery only vs. combined therapy vs. radiotherapy vs. chemotherapy vs. no therapy: 56.00 vs. 33.00 vs. 26.00 vs.18.00 vs. 16.00 months, p < 0.001). The 5-year OS rate of patients with highly differentiated cancer was higher than that of medium differentiated and poor differentiation/undifferentiated. In multivariate analysis, the older ages, pathological stage, were independent prognostic risk factors for poor EC survival. Treatment method was independent protective factors predictive of a good EC OS. Conclusions The survival rate of the elderly EC patients was still low in China. Age, therapy method, and pathological stage were mainly associated with the survival rate of EC in elderly patients. |
| URI | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11897/655705 |
| ISSN | 2045-7634 |
| DOI | 10.1002/cam4.5307 |
| Indexed | SCI(E) |
| Appears in Collections: | 北京肿瘤医院 |
