[Therapeutic results in localized ventricular non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. A retrospective study of 106 cases]

One hundred and six cases of localized gastric lymphomas reported to a population-based register of non-Hodgkin lymphomas were analysed retrospectively to identify the optimum primary treatment. Five-year survival was 67%, and no type of treatment showed any superiority. Surgical resection was associated with significantly more unacceptable late complications than radiotherapy. Accordingly, the latter treatment should substitute surgery as the primary local treatment in localized gastric lymphoma.