title: [Early stomach cancer: the experience of the Hospital John Kennedy in Valdivia. 1976-1989].
abstract: We report our experience with 19 patients with early gastric cancer in Valdivia, a southern province of Chile. All patients had symptoms and 15 had a preoperative biopsy. A mean of 39 days elapsed between biopsy and surgery. An emergency operation was performed in 3 patients. The mean lesion size was 10 cm2. An intramucous location was present in 9 patients and a submucous one in 10. Infiltration of the first lymph node barrier was observed in only 1 patient. A type P.1 resection was performed in 68% of patients, a type 2 resection in 11% and a type 3 in 5%. Recurrences were observed in 3 patients and 2 of them died. 5 year survival rate was 100% and 7 year survival was 68%.
authors: Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Kennedy, Valdivia, Chile.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Pisano
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Venturelli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001706:Biopsy; D002677:Chile / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006769:Hospitals, General / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D013270:Stomach / Q000473:pathology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016019:Survival Analysis
vernacular_title: Cáncer gástrico incipiente: experiencia del Hospital John Kennedy en Valdivia. Periodo 1976-1989.