title: [Comparative evaluation of surgical and combined treatment of cancer of the proximal region of the stomach].
abstract: The paper deals with an analysis of the results of treatment of 351 cases of radical surgery for cancer of the proximal part of the stomach (surgery-303, surgery + preoperative large-fractionated radiation-48). It was found that radiation was not followed by increased blood loss during operation nor did it interfere with application of any surgical procedure. Concentrated irradiation did not involve an increment in postoperative lethality and complication rates. Five-year survival rates were 37.4 +/- 8.0 in cases of combined treatment and 20.4 +/- 2.7% in those of surgery. The improvement in survival rates recorded in cases of combined treatment was largely due to a decreased incidence of local recurrences.
mesh_terms: D002299:Cardia; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Sravnitel'naia otsenka khirurgicheskogo i kombinirovannogo lecheniia raka proksimal'nogo otdela zheludka.