Gastric cancer in Poland - clinical characteristics and results of surgery.
OBJECTIVE
The aim of the study was to assess the long-term outcomes of the surgical-only management of gastric cancer (GC) patients treated in a single centre over 10-year span preceding introduction of multimodal therapy to the clinical practice.


METHODS
Two hundred and one patients with pathologic confirmation of GC treated for resectable tumor mostly with curative intent were enrolled in the study. The analysis comprised a review of the medical histories, descriptions of the operations, results of histopathological studies and long-time survival.


RESULTS
Median survival time and 5-year survival rate for patients with R0 vs. R1 and R2 resection were 3.85 years and 43.5% versus 0.86 years and 7.8%, respectively. Univariate analyses showed that 5-year survival rates were correlated with histopathological type according to Laurén, type of lymphadenectomy performed, spleen preservation, stage of disease and the degree of radical resection. Independent prognostic factors in multivariate analysis were: no residual tumor after resection, type of lymphadenectomy, depth of tumor invasion in the gastric wall and lymph nodes status.


CONCLUSIONS
Retrospective analysis of the long-term results of the surgical-only management of GC patients may be useful in assessment of the quality of medical services, especially prior to introduction of multimodal therapy.
Zielinski
Jacek
J
Department of Surgical Oncology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland. jaziel@amg.gda.pl
Jaworski
Radoslaw
R
Kabata
Pawel
P
Kruszewski
Wieslaw Janusz
WJ
Jaskiewicz
Janusz
J
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D018365:Neoplasm, Residual; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D015996:Survival Rate