Abstract

Purposes: To investigate the influence of some clinical and laboratory characteristics on the overall
survival of advanced - stage gastric cancer patients.
Methods: A retrospective case series study with 167 early - stageadvanced - stage gastric cancer
patients recruited from at oncology department, the Hospital of Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy
and Oncology Center of Hue Central HospitalfromJanuary 2015 to December 2020. The Kaplan - Meier method was used to estimate survival, the log - rank test analyzed the relevant factors.
Results: Median age was 58.2; male/female was 2.5/1; the most common clinical symptom was
epigastric pain (78.7%); at the time of diagnosis, almost all patients had KPS 90% (50.3%); BMI index
below 18.5 (64.1%). Serum albumin < 35g/l accounting for 86.2% of patients. 89.8% of patients had distant
metastasis disease. The median survival was 11 months. Univariate analysis indicated that age, KPS,
primary tumor location, regional nodal metastasis, venous thrombosis, serum albumin level affecting on
overall survival.
Conclusions: Advanced - stage gastric cancer patients had poor survival with a median of 11 months.
Age, KPS, tumor location, regional nodal metastasis, venous thrombosis, serum albumin level influence
overall survival.