[An autoradiographic study of adenocarcinoma of the stomach]

Sixteen cases of human stomach adenocarcinoma were studied, using the in vitro incubation in H3-thymidine medium. The portion of cells synthesizing DNA (the label index) has been correlated with histological and clinico-anatomical characteristics. An average value of the label index for human stomach adenocarcinomas was 29.9% (14.1%--39.1%). Some dependence between the label index and level of structural-cellular atypism of tumor tissue and tumor size has been shown.