Results of operative treatment of gastric cancer in the department of surgery, university of Szeged during the time period 1996–2001

However, the incidence of gastric cancer has been declining in Hungary too, it is till remain a common cause of cancer mortality. The five-year survival rate has been improved due to the fewer postoperative deaths and the more radical operations (e.g. extended lymphadenectomies). Despite these improvements prognosis of gastric cancer remains poor. The aim of this study was to asses the results of the treatment of 183 patients presented with gastric cancer to our department. Methods: Age, sex, histology reports, TNM staging, type of the surgical interventions, the postoperative morbidity and mortality rate were p…