[Primary gastrointestinal malignant lymphoma. An analysis of 63 cases]

Sixty-three patients with primary gastrointestinal malignant lymphoma confirmed by pathology and treated in our hospital from 1973 to 1989 were reported. There were 30 males and 33 females, four suffering hodgkin's diseases and 59 non-hodgkin's lymphoma, with 17 at stage I, 17 at stage II, 9 at stage III, and 20 at stage IV. Patients were treated by surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy separately or combined. Forty-seven patients underwent tumor extirpation. Five-year's postoperative survival at stage I, II, and III were 84.6%, 33.3%, and 14.2%, respectively. Surgery combined with postoperative radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy gave better results. The incidence, diagnosis, clinical staging and the therapeutic indications were discussed with a review of literature.