title: [Results of treatment of stomach cancer in a closed population free of selection bias (author's transl)].
abstract: Treatment results of surgery for gastric cancer differ widely in contemporary reports. This depends on criteria of selection and on composition of patients. Only results of treatment without any selection can give a solid ground for rational planning of cancer control measures. It must be admitted that there is a need for information concerning regional results of treatment of gastric cancer for planning of control measures. An investigation in the district of Erfurt, German Democratic Republic, gave some interesting data: The crude absolute 5-year survival rate for all stomach cancer cases in males registered in 1960-1966 reached 4,7% (87 of 1838). Distal partial gastrectomy gave 68 of 372 (or 18,3%) 5-year survivors. After radical total gastrectomy 8,6% (7 of 81) survived 5 years or more. In the first year following treatment, 81% (1488 of 1838) were registered as dead. Survival rates depend on age: 5 years survival rate of patients up to 65 years was 8,1% (59 of 729) and fell drastically in patients of 65+ years (28 of 1109 = 2,5%). The author gives some recommendations for the development of cancer control in the G.D.R.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011676:Punched-Card Systems; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Leistungsziffern der Magenkrebsbehandlung unter selektionsfreien Bedingungen in einer geschlossenen Population