Open AccessCHEMOTHERAPY IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH STOMACH CANCER
Author(s) -
Olga A. Koroleva,
Л. М. Когония,
М. М. Бяхова,
А. Г. Титов
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
zlokačestvennye opuholi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-6813
pISSN - 2224-5057
DOI - 10.18027/2224-5057-2018-8-2-64-75
Subject(s) - medicine , chemotherapy , palliative chemotherapy , cancer , stomach cancer , quality of life (healthcare) , stage (stratigraphy) , stomach , intensive care medicine , oncology , surgery , paleontology , nursing , biology
Stomach cancer (SC) (in the structure of morbidity) is one of the most frequent malignant diseases that occurs in the elderly. Systemic chemotherapy showed improved quality of life and survival rate compared with palliative therapy in patients with advanced SC. It has also been shown that elderly patients with SC are able to tolerate and receive effective systemic chemotherapy, as are the younger patients with the same stage of cancer. The only one age limit should not be the only criterion for excluding effective chemotherapy. However, proper patient selection is extremely important to ensure effective safe treatment. The article analyzes the optimal regimens of chemotherapy, taking into account the general condition and geriatric functional status of elderly patients with SC.