Reers B, Kocik J, Brockmann J, Koch P
Klinik und Poliklinik für Allgemeine Chirurgie, Münster.
Langenbecks Arch Chir Suppl Kongressbd. 1996;113:241-3.
A total of 329 patients were registered in the Münster multicenter study, "Gastrointestinal Lymphomas", including 118 different centers since October 1992. Primary surgical intervention was performed in 135 cases. In contradiction to the prospective results of other oncological centers, the preoperative diagnosis of non-Hodgkin lymphoma was only known in 44.4% of cases. R0 resection was achieved in only 62 of the 135 patients (46%). This study reveals the realistic situation of operative treatment of non-Hodgkin lymphomas in everyday practice.
