Yasuna O, Ogiwara M, Yamaura Y, Koike H, Hatayama Y
Gan No Rinsho. 1984 May;30(5):473-80.
We retrospectively studied the clinicopathological features and surgical treatment of patients with cancer of the great curvature seen between 1967--1977. The incidence of cancer of the greater curvature in gastrectomized patients was 11% (31/281): this was the least frequent of four locations. Curatively resected patients, the five-year survival rate of those with cancer of the greater curvature was 50%, significantly lower than in patients with cancer of the anterior and posterior wall. Factors influencing the survival rate were age, size of the tumor, stage of the cancer, the presence of poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma, and relative curative resection. To improve the results of surgical treatment, early diagnosis and extended lymph node dissection are essential.
