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3581028

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-7-20
pubmed:abstractText
We examined the relationship between the spatial extent of invasion of the gastric serosa in patients with gastric carcinoma and their postoperative 5-year survival rate. At the time of surgical resection of gastric cancer, intraperitoneal free cancer cells were detected by lavage of the Douglas cavity in 135 of 309 (44%) patients with gross evidence of serosal invasion. Examination of the relationship between the presence of intraperitoneal free cancer cells and serosal area invaded by the tumor revealed that only 22% of cases with an area of serosal invasion 10 cm2 or less were positive for free cancer cells, but such cells were found in 72% of cases with an area of serosal invasion greater than 20 cm2. The 5-year survival rate was 31% in patients with an area of serosal invasion of less than 10 cm2, whereas the rate was only 8% in patients with an area of serosal invasion greater than 20 cm2. Not only the presence of serosal invasion by a tumor but also the spatial extent of the invasion are significant factors that influence the prognosis of patients with gastric carcinoma.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0008-543X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
60
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
136-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Relationship between area of serosal invasion and prognosis in patients with gastric carcinoma.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article