title: R2/3 gastrectomy for gastric carcinoma: an audited experience of a consecutive series.
abstract: A consecutive series of 27 patients with gastric neoplasm (24 carcinoma, 3 lymphoma) have been staged at laparotomy using the Japanese criteria for macroscopic staging. In 20 patients the radical R2/3 resection was considered potentially curative as defined by the Japanese Society for Research in Gastric Cancer. The operative mortality in this subgroup was 1/20 (5 per cent) and 3/27 (11 per cent) in the entire series. Locoregional recurrence was not observed in the potentially curative group. Follow-up has varied from 6 months to 7 years. An overall survival of 12/27 (48 per cent) has been observed to date. Death from cancer dissemination is maximal in the first and second year after resection. The R2/3 resection was considered non-curative in seven patients. In this subgroup there were two postoperative deaths and four have died of metastatic disease within 12 months of the resection. The only 5 year survivor in this group had a gastric lymphoma.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008485:Medical Audit; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*