Analysis of 242 cases of gastric carcinoma.

摘要: Clinical and pathological features of 242 patients with gastric cancer seen consecutively at the Department Surgery (Cirurgia 4) Hospital de S. JoAo in Porto, Portugal from 1970 to 1977 were analyzed. There 140 men 102 women their mean age was 57.7 years. The overall 5-year survival rate 16.1%, that undergoing a curative resection 42.6%. Duration symptoms tumor site did not influence rate. expanding-type more frequent than infiltrative-type ratio 2.8 1 gave significantly higher 3-year This better prognosis depend on sex, age, duration symptoms, site, or pattern nodal metastases, reinforcing prognostic significance this classification. high may reflect relatively frequency carcinoma northern Portugal. A relationship between recent increase mortality is suggested.