Gatric carcinoma. A prospective study of tumour differentiation correlated to surgical procedures and survival rate.
A prospective study of 100 consecutive patients operated for gastric carcinoma is presented. The resectability was 43 per cent. Primary mortality for palliaktive resections including total gastrectomy was 3.8 per cent with a 2-year survival rate of 20 per cent. The primary mortality and the 2-year survival after palliative surgical procedures including total gastrectomy justify these procedures. Based on histological qualities of the tumourcells a Differentiation Coefficient is defined. In these patients the coefficient could not be compared to the survival rate.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery