Palliative surgery for gastric cancer
Most patients with gastric carcinoma have a disease that is too advanced for radical surgery. A Review was made of 13,175 cases of gastric carcinoma registered at the Birmingham Cancer Registry during the period of 1960–1969. Of the patients, 79.6% had disease that was not radically resected, and fe...
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Published in | Cancer Vol. 62; no. 2; pp. 440 - 444 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
New York
Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
15.07.1988
Wiley-Liss |
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Summary: | Most patients with gastric carcinoma have a disease that is too advanced for radical surgery. A Review was made of 13,175 cases of gastric carcinoma registered at the Birmingham Cancer Registry during the period of 1960–1969. Of the patients, 79.6% had disease that was not radically resected, and few of these patients survived to 2 years. Those who had a palliative resection or bypass had the lowest 30‐day mortality rate when compared to all other palliative measures (P < 0.001). Furthermore, palliative resection gave the best survival in the presence of both locally advanced and metastatic disease (P < 0.001). This suggests that the best palliative procedure for those with a disease unsuitable for radical surgery is a resection. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 0008-543X 1097-0142 |
DOI: | 10.1002/1097-0142(19880715)62:2<440::AID-CNCR2820620232>3.0.CO;2-N |