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ABSTRACT
Gastric cancer in the elderly represents a distinct entity with spe- ci c clinicopathological characteristics and the majority of affected patients belong to this age group. Subtotal or total gastrectomy with radical lymph node dissection, adjuvant chemo-radiotherapy or pe- rioperative chemotherapy represent the only potentially curative treatment options and seem to be performed with acceptable mor- bidity and mortality rates in selected elderly patients.
In the advanced or metastatic phase, the only strategies available are chemotherapy, targeted agents and immunotherapy with palli- ative purposes.
