Comparison of two five-year periods (1996–2000 and 2001–2005) for surgical treatment of patients with gastric cancer

Background The incidence of gastric cancer decreased markedly over the last decades and the same tendency is observed in Hungary. Improvement of the diagnostic process and perioperative management seems to be evidence but the clinical benefit for the individual case is still questionable. Patients and methods The clinical experiences of 330 patients presented with gastric cancer were analyzed. Age, sex, histology reports, TNM staging, type of the surgical interventions, the postoperative morbidity and mortality rate were presented. Results Potentially curative resection could be performed in 63% (99/158) and 58%…