[Primary gastric malignant lymphoma--analysis of 32 cases]

Thirty-two patients with primary gastric malignant lymphoma confirmed by pathology and treated in our hospital from 1973 to 1986 are reported. There were 10 males and 22 females (3 Hodgkin's diseases and 29 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma). There were 12 Stage I, 6 Stage II, and 14 Stage IV lesions. The patients were treated by surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy separately or combined. Twenty-three patients underwent surgery. Surgery combined with postoperative radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy gave better results. The incidence, diagnosis, clinical staging and the therapeutic indications are discussed with a review of literature.