title: [Main trends in the improvement of surgical treatment results in stomach cancer].
abstract: According to the data on the treatment of 964 patients with cardioesophageal cancer, the local recurrence incidence fell dramatically (from 19.7 to 4.8%) in patients who had gone extensive surgery. The results of treatment of 1,209 cases operated on for tumor in the proximal part of the stomach are discussed. Extensive excision of lymph nodes without postoperative complications was found to assure better end results. Excision of lymph nodes should be regarded as an indispensable component of extensive surgery given for stomach cancer.
authors.affiliation: N.N. Blokhin Center for Cancer Research, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow.
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Davydov
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Germanov
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Lagoshnyĭ
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Stilida
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Ter-Ovanesov
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002299:Cardia; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D010166:Palliative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors