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A series of 1 035 cases of gastric cancer observed in the Hospital of Busto Arsizio from 1921 to 1953 is presented. 727 patients (70,2 per cent) were operated: 438 of them (42,2 per cent) were submitted to resection, 110 to gastro-enterostomy or gastrotomy, 179 to exploratory laparotomy. The post-operative mortality is of the 18,2 per cent for the totality of operations; for the resections only (radical or sub-radical) a 21,6 per cent mortality is observed. Percentages of 5 and 10 years survival were 18,3 and 13,8 respectively (for patients submitted to radical or palliative resection). For all the treated and untreated patients hospitalized for gastric cancer, the 5 years survival was of the 7,7 per cent.

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A large number of cases of sarcoma of muscles of the trunk and limbs is described. A comparison is made with similar French statistics. Some data of this statistics do not agree with those of the French authors. Both sexes are liable to such tumours. The most frequent localization is in the lower limbs, chiefly in the upper third of the thigh. Histologically they generally correspond to the type of the blastic sarcoma arising from the connective tissue of the muscles. The surgical treatment is extensively discussed.

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