title: [Prognosis in stomach carcinoma].
abstract: Between 1974 and 1981, laparotomies were performed on 233 patients with histologically proven gastric carcinoma. Lymph-node metastases were found in 72.6%, distant metastases in 14.2%. The condition was found to be inoperable in 18.9%, a palliative procedure was performed in 17.6%, a questionably curative operation in 33.5% and a curative one in 30.0%. Postoperative mortality was 15.9%, highest in case of inoperability and palliative operations. During the follow-up period of 5-13 years 137 patients (58.8%) died of metastases or recurrence, two (0.9%) of another malignancy and 30 (12.9%) of other illnesses. The five-year survival rate was 13.3%. There was no difference in prognosis between carcinoma in a residual stomach (after previous partial resection) and a previously unoperated one. Carcinoma of the cardia gave the worst results. No patient with an early cancer died of it.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D002299:Cardia; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D010166:Palliative Care; D011379:Prognosis; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Zur Prognose des Magenkarzinoms.