title: Primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the stomach--role of surgery.
abstract: Thirty-one patients with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the stomach were retrospectively investigated. The prognostic factors regarding survival after treatment were determined in an univariate analysis. Twenty-seven of the patients revealed a stage I or II disease (according to the Ann Arbor classification) at the time of operation. The analysis showed no significance for grading, staging, lymph node-, serosa- or splenic involvement of our patients. Significant prognostic factors for survival of gastric Non-Hodgkin lymphomas were age (< 60 years) and resection margins R0 or R1/R2 (p < 0.05). The post-treatment evaluations for prognostic differentation between radical resections, patients with complete response after palliative resection including additional chemotherapy and patients without therapy response showed a significant difference in survival (p < 0.01).
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Medical Faculty, Rheinisch-Westphalian Technical University, Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Steinau
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Riesener
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schleef
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Steinau
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Schumpelick
mesh_terms: D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016019:Survival Analysis; D015996:Survival Rate