[Long-term results of surgery combined with or without chemotherapy in the treatment of stomach cancer--an analysis of 170 cases].
A prospective randomized comparative study on 5-year survival rates in 170 cases of stomach cancer was done. All were treated by surgery, herein, 82 received postoperative chemotherapy. The 5-year survival rates were 40.2% and 21.6% in combination group (surgery plus chemotherapy) and surgery alone group (P less than 0.01), 56.4% and 30.2% in patients treated by radical operation combined with chemotherapy and radical operation alone (P less than 0.01), 60.5% and 36.9% in patients with Stage II and III lesions as treated by radical operation plus chemotherapy and by radical operation alone (P less than 0.05). The results suggest that chemotherapy after surgery improve the long term survival rate in patients with stomach cancer.
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Third Hospital, Haerbin Medical College.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011897:Random Allocation; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D015996:Survival Rate