Abstract
A retrospective study of 111 patients with unresectable gastric cancer seen at Fukuoka-Chuo National Hospital during a period of 10 years from Jan. 1, 1969 through Dec. 31, 1978.
One year direct survival rate of the unresected cases was 4.7 percent and mean survival period after the operation was 123 days. This results were noticed regardless of age, sex, and an additional treatment such as feeding procedures, gastroenterostomy and immunochemotherapy. On the contrary, patients who had palliative resection for stage IV carcinoma had a prolonged mean survival rate. This study demonstrated a real outcome of the unresectable gastric carcinoma and that palliative resections can significantly increase survival in patients with advanced gastric carcinoma.
