[Gastric carcinoma (author's transl)].

In spite of reduction in mortality, gastric carcinoma is still one of the most frequent types of carcinoma. For this reason precanceroses - pernicious anemia and diffuse adenomatous polyposis of the stomach - must be particularly watched. Whether gastric ulcer and chronic gastritis are precanceroses is discussed. Clinical aspects, therapy and prognosis are described in detail.