title: The incidence of carcinoma in the gastric remnant after resection for benign ulcer disease.
abstract: During the period 1950-1953, gastric resection was performed on 569 patients for benign ulcer disease at the Serafimer Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. The purpose of this investigation uas to assess the incidence of cancer and precancerous lesions in the gastric remnant. There were 15 postoperative deaths. 223 patients when traced were dead, and in 130 of these follow-up was adequate. Two cases with carcinoma in the gastric remnant were found among these. 72 patients were lost from follow-up. 253 patients when traced were alive, and in 111 of these, endoscopy and biopsy have been performed. In one patient there was a severe dysplasia but no invasive carcinomas were found.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  130 dead patients and 111 living patients have been adequately followed after gastric resection for benign ulcer disease. Two carcinomas were found which makes the incidence 0,8%.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010437:Peptic Ulcer / Q000601:surgery*; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000453:epidemiology; D013270:Stomach / Q000473:pathology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013548:Sweden