Gastric cancer in Sudan

All gastric tumours received in the University Department of Pathology and the National Laboratory between 1970-1974 were re-examined. Of 35 such tumours, 28 were carcinomas, 6 malignant lymphomas and 1 leiomyosarcoma. Histological grading showed that the majority of the patients reported in the very advanced stages of the disease. Accordingly, the resectability rate was low. The incidence of primary malignant lymphoma of the stomach (16.6%) is much higher than in Western countries but is in accord with reports from countries in the Mediterranean basin.