title: Gastric carcinoma: study of the most eminent prognostic factors.
abstract: In order to analyse some prognostic factors in relation to gastric cancer, 218 patients were included in a prospective protocol at 'Hospital General de Elche' (Spain) with a follow-up of 100%. Survival curves were calculated using Kaplan-Meier analysis and compared using the log-rank test. The number of patients who underwent resection was 122 (63.5%). In 70 cases (36.5%) the resection was not possible. The postoperative mortality was 4.9%. In the survival of patients with gastric cancer we find the following prognostic factors are significant: age, tumour site, macroscopic type, depth of gastric wall affection, presence of lymph nodes, staging, resectability and surgical intention (curative vs palliative).
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugia General, Hospital General de Elche, Spain.
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Compañ
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Medrano
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Calpena
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Diego
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lacueva
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Serrano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moltó
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Pérez-Vázquez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome