Clinical characters and prognostic factors of young female patients (pts) with metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma (GC).

Abstract

133 Background: GC is one of the most common cancers worldwide, and has an even higher incidence rate in China. The incidence rate of GC is rising in young pts (≤ 40 years). Previous studies suggested that the percentage of female pts was higher in young pts than that in older pts. The clinical characters and potential prognostic factors have not been well described for young female pts with metastatic GC. Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted for all GC pts treated at our institution from 1995 to 2012. Pt demographics, clinical characters, treatment related information and survival data were collected. Kaplan-Meier test was used for the survival analysis. Cox regression was conducted for uni- and multi-variate analysis. Results: In total, 1,862 pts with histologically confirmed GC were identified. Among these pts, 11.3% were young pts when first diagnosed. The male to female ratio was 2.76:1 for the whole group and 1:1.02 for young pts. Ninety-eight female pts were ≤ 40 years when diagnosed of metastatic GC. For this group, median age was 35 years (range: 19-40 years). Seventy-one (72.4%) had > 1 metastatic sites, and 85 (86.7%) received palliative chemotherapy. The median overall survival (OS) was 14.9 months (95% confidence interval [CI] 11.8-18.0 months). Seventy-six (77.6%) pts had intact primary tumor when diagnosed of metastatic disease. Compared to 22 pts who relapsed after radical surgery, OS was similar for pts presented with de novo metastatic disease (Hazard Ratio (HR) 1.03, 95% CI: 0.55 to 1.92, P= 0.9). Of these 76 pts, 36 underwent palliative gastric resection, which was associated with improved OS (15.3 vs. 9.0 months; HR 0.37, 95% CI: 0.19 to 0.74, P = 0.003). Forty-six (46.9%) pts had ovarian metastasis, and 20 had oophorectomy. Palliative oophorectomy was associated with significantly improved OS (36.6 vs. 12.4 months, HR 0.34, 95% CI: 0.14 to 0.80, P = 0.013). Conclusions: There was an increased ratio of females in young GC pts. In young female pts with metastatic GC, palliative resection of gastric primary and ovarian metastasis were associated with significantly improved OS, and should be considered in appropriate pts.