title: [Primary gastrointestinal lymphomas].
abstract: From 1980 up to 1987 seven patients with primary gastrointestinal lymphoma were treated at the surgical department of the Medical University of Lübeck; six of them were women. The mean age was 73.3 years. The tumors were located in the stomach (4), the large bowel (2) and the small intestine (1), representing disease at Ann-Arbor-stage IE (5) and IIE (2). All patients underwent primary surgery, except one due to his bad general conditions. Irradiation-therapy followed in one case, chemotherapy in two cases when relapse of disease was revealed. Three patients are still alive (0.8 to 6.8 years) without evidence of recurrent lymphoma. The success of surgery as a curative treatment is closely related to the stage of disease; both are important factors influencing prognosis. Surgery is still necessary for diagnosis, tumor-staging and prevention of regional complications as bleeding or perforation, especially when conservative therapy is performed.
authors: C G
authors: CG
authors: Bürk
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Hohlbach
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Baretton
authors: F W
authors: FW
authors: Schildberg
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: Primäre gastrointestinale Lymphome.