Positive surgical margin, the presence of perineural and/or lymphovascular invasion and positive nodal involvement were identified as significant independent predictors of mortality. The PRS was shown to be highly predictive of postoperative outcome.
The plausibility of preoperative chemotherapy and radiotherapy in the treatment of patients with carcinoma of the rectum is demonstrated. The finding of specimens with no tumor along with a higher proportion of Dukes' A lesions than expected was most encouraging. Whether this is a false impression because of the small number of patients, or whether it demonstrates upgrading of pathologic staging by preoperative adjuvant therapy, remains to be determined.
OBJETIVO: O presente estudo visa estudar as características dos tumores gástricos precoces diagnosticados em um grande centro de referência no tratamento do câncer gástrico em nosso país, o Instituto Nacional de Câncer. MÉTODO: Analisamos retrospectivamente os casos de câncer gástrico precoce da Seção de Cirurgia Abdominopélvica do Hospital do Câncer I no período de 1995 a 1999. Resgatamos 47 prontuários de pacientes portadores de câncer gástrico precoce, dos 296 pacientes submetidos à ressecção gástrica neste período. RESULTADOS: Em nosso hospital a incidência corresponde a cerca de 15,8% dos pacientes submetidos a gastrectomias por câncer gástrico. Constatamos uma incidência de 1,1:1 com relação ao sexo F/M e com morbidade de 19,1% e mortalidade de 4,2%. Houve uma predominância do tipo IIc + III e com 27,6% de positividade para o Helicobacter pylori. CONCLUSÃO: O câncer gástrico precoce representa o melhor estágio para a ressecção nos tumores do estômago, porém, infelizmente, ainda é pouco diagnosticado em nosso meio, apesar dos avanços nos métodos de diagnóstico.
The lymph node status and tumor size are independent prognostic factors in tumors with invasion of the muscularis propria and in tumors with invasion of subserosa. T2 lesions have smaller size, lower rate of lymph node metastasis and therefore better prognosis than T3.
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