title: The role of surgery in the treatment of primary gastric lymphoma.
abstract: The present retrospective study of 23 patients with primary gastric lymphoma had the objective of determining the role of surgical treatment on survival. All patients were submitted to gastric resection with regional lymph node removal. Nine patients (39.1%) received supplementary treatment (chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy). According to the Kiel classification, the most frequent histological type was the centroblastic (29.1%), and most patients (60.9%) had a low-grade lymphoma. According to the Ann Arbor classification, modified by Musshoff and Schmidt-Vollmer, stages were IE in 52.1%, II1E in 8.7%, II2E in 13.1%, and IV in 26.1% of the cases. Mean survival was 29.3 months. The variables that influenced survival rates were age, advanced stage tumor, and receiving postoperative adjuvant therapy. Analysis of our cases suggests that complete lesion resection along with adjacent lymph nodes, and supplementary postoperative treatment is the best approach for a resectable primary gastric lymphoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterologic Surgery, Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. jaqueswaisberg@uol.com.br
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Waisberg
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Bromberg
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Franco
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Stephani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zanotto
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: de Godoy
authors.forename: F S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Goffi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D015996:Survival Rate