title: [Significance of tumor size in the prognosis of stomach cancer].
abstract: From 1974 to 1982, 261 patients with carcinoma of the stomach were operated upon. Early cancer was found in 4.6%, T4 in 38.3%. Lymph node involvement and distant metastases were discovered at the time of surgery in 68.2% or 14.6% respectively. In 29.9% the operative procedure was defined as curative by the surgeon, in 33.3% as questionable as to the curative effect. The operative mortality rate was 14.9%. 11.5% survived for more than 5 years. With increasing tumour size, operability and survival time diminished significantly.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005859:Germany, East; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Zur Bedeutung der Tumorgrösse für die Prognose des Magenkarzinoms.