Objective: To study the clinicopathologic characteristics, survival time and prognostic factors of gastric cancer（GC） in young patients. Methods: The authors studied 1135 patients with GC who received curative resections. They were classified into two groups: those aged 40 years or less (young); and those aged more than 41 years (elderly). Clinicopathologic characteristics, survival rates and prognostic factors were analyzed. Results: Young patients were predominately female, had more diffuse type, and had lower proportion of tumors in the upper third of the stomach. However, survival rate was not significantly different between the two groups. TNM stage, number of lymph node metastasis were independent negative prognostic factors in young patients. Conclusions: GC in young patients demonstrates only minor deviations from the older with a similar survival rate, which suggests positive and standard treatment should be taken to young patients with GC.