[Relative non curative resection of gastric cancer].
Relative non curative resection of gastric cancer was studied according to The General Rules of Japanese Research Society for gastric cancer. The five year survival rate was 31.2%, while 39.6% for relative curative resection and 4.9% for absolute non curative resection. The cases whose relative non curative factor was due to lymph nodes (n greater than R) resulted in a fair prognosis, but the prognosis of those concerned with peritoneal dissemination (P1) or liver metastasis (H1) was very poor. Surgical achievement to improve postoperative results may be obtained when a systemic (13), (14v) (16) lymph node dissection is performed whenever only one of them was involved in metastasis.
First Department of Surgery, Akita University School of Medicine, Japan.
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Kodama
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Ishikawa
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Koyama
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Yamazaki
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Narisawa
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D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D011379:Prognosis; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*