title: Grading as a prognostic factor: review of 209 primary gastric cancer patients.
abstract: Two hundred and nine cases of primary gastric cancer were treated surgically from January 1968 to December 1983 and analyzed retrospectively. All patients were followed up for a minimum of 5 years. There were 25 SI cases (12%), 22 SII (10.5%), 55 SIII (26.3%) and 107 SIV (51.2%). Tumor grade according to Broders classification showed 50 cases of G1 lesions (23.9%), 44 G2 (21.1%) and 115 G3 (55%). Patients with well differentiated G1 lesion, compared to G2-G3 patients, presented a greater incidence of T1-T2 tumors and decreased incidence of T4 tumors (p less than 0.05). The lymph node involvement rate significantly increased with variation of T (p less than 0.001) but not with tumor grade. Survival results correlated with tumor stage (p less than 0.01) but not with tumor grade or histological type.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Semeiotica Chirurgica B, Genova, Italy.
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Secco
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fardelli
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Campora
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rovida
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lapertosa
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Motta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery