Prognostic Significance and Clinical Robustness of the HALP Score in Super-Elderly Patients Undergoing Curative Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study

Background

Management of super-elderly patients (aged ≥ 80 years) with gastric cancer (GC) has become an increasingly important clinical issue. We aimed to evaluate the prognostic significance of preoperative "hemoglobin, albumin, lymphocyte, and platelet" (HALP) scores, which may reflect both tumor- and host-related conditions, in super-elderly patients with GC.