RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Early cancer of the gastric remnant.
JF Gut
JO Gut
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Society of Gastroenterology
SP 298
OP 301
DO 10.1136/gut.29.3.298
VO 29
IS 3
A1 R Pointner
A1 G Schwab
A1 A Königsrainer
A1 E Bodner
A1 K W Schmid
YR 1988
UL http://gut.bmj.com/content/29/3/298.abstract
AB Early carcinoma of the gastric remnant was diagnosed in 19 patients between January 1976 and January 1986. In all patients early cancer was suspected at endoscopy and confirmed by biopsy and histology. The main reason for endoscopic examination was diffuse epigastric pain suggestive of stump gastritis. The surgical procedure was stump gastrectomy. Two of the 19 patients were not operated on because of advanced age. In contrast with the poor prognosis of patients with cancers of the gastric remnant of tumour stages T2 to T4 according to the TNM-classification regardless of their NM-stage, patients with tumour stage T1N0 and T1N1 have a good prognosis.