The role of surgery in the treatment of primary gastric lymphoma.
BACKGROUND
The aim of the study was to analyze the results of surgical treatment in early and advanced primary gastric lymphoma and to evaluate predictive factors for long-term outcome.


METHODS
A retrospective study of 92 patients resected for primary gastric lymphoma was conducted. Sixty-eight (74%) patients underwent a curative resection 10 (11%) patients had palliative resection and 14 (15%) patients were deemed unresectable: 33 patients (36%) had a stage IE tumor, 12 (13%) stage IIE1, 22 (24%) IIE2 and 25 (27%) stage IVE.


RESULTS
Follow-up ranged from 1 to 336 months (means 44 +/- 70 months, median 18 months). Cumulative actuarial 10-year survival rate was 49.1%. Ten-year actuarial survival rates were 78.9% for stage IE and 100% for stage IIE1 whereas 5-years survival rates were 0% for stage IIE2 and 21.7% for stage IVE (P < 0.00001).


CONCLUSIONS
Surgical treatment is the front line therapy for IE and IIE1 stages of primary gastric lymphoma.
Lucandri
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1st Department of Surgery, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Italy.
Stipa
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Mingazzini
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Ferri
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Sapienza
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016019:Survival Analysis