Open AccessSurvival of patients with stomach cancer in Changle city of China
Author(s) -
Jun Tian,
Xiaodong Wang,
Zhen-Chun Chen
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v10.i11.1543
Subject(s) - stomach cancer , stomach , survival rate , medicine , cancer , stage (stratigraphy) , gastroenterology , survival analysis , biology , paleontology
The survival rate of patients with stomach cancer is used to evaluate the effects of treatments. The short- and mid-term survival of patients on the present level of treatments can be described by calculating 1- to 5-year survival rates. The aims of this study were to document patterns of survival after treatments for stomach cancer in Changle city and analyze whether the stage of cancer and the way of treatment impacted on survival of patients or not.