[Survival rate for gastric carcinoma in relation to tumor site and stage (author's transl)]

The prognosis of gastric carcinoma is particularly unfavorable. 58% of 966 patients could be resected at the time of diagnosis, only 25% radically. The absolute 5-year survival rate is 18%, the 10-year survival rate 12%. After a curative resection 43% survive 5 years and 28%, 10 years. "A priori" gastrectomy showed no advantage in our patients. Therefore we prefer resection adapted to stage and grade for gastric cancer.