[Remote and immediate results of treatment of cancer of the body of the stomach and the cardia from 1959-1973 (according to the data of the Pskov District Oncological Dispensary)].

In Pskov Province oncological dispensary during 1959-1973 156 patients were operated upon for cancer of the stomach and cardia. The postoperative mortality after gastrectomy was 18.5%, after proximal resection of the stomach - 30.7%, after combined gastrectomy - 31%. A 5-year survival in relation to patients operated upon was noted in 28.8%, to those discharged from the hospital - in 36.2%, to those followed up - in 50%.