PROGNOSIS OF GASTRIC CANCER (BORRMANN TYPE 3) ACCORDING TO ITS LOCATION AND HISTOPATHOLOGICAL APPEARANCE

Abstract

From 1970 to 1982, 103 primary Borrmann type 3 gastric cancers were curatively resected in our department. The prognosis of these patients was investigated according to the location of the cancer, namely C (upper portion), M (middle portion), A (lower portion). The survival rate for patients with cancers located in M was best, and it was the worst if the cancers were located in C. However, there was no significance in the three groups in histopathological factors, such as depth of invasion and lymph node metastasis. Only the type of gastrectomy and combined resection of other organs showed a significant difference, but the difference was not enough to explain the defference in the prognosis. From this study, it has become apparent that more efforts in the treatment and earlier diagnosis are necessary to improve the prognosis for patients with gastric cancers located in C.