Malignant Lesions of the Upper Part of the Abdomen and the Adrenal Gland

Abstract

In gastric carcinoma, “radical subtotal gastric resection” including removal of the subpyloric nodes and the spleen gives a much better opportunity for cure than a less radical procedure. The five year survival rate is more than twice as high for patients without metastasis as it is for patients with metastasis. The over-all five year survival rate following surgical treatment of carcinoma of the head of the pancreas and ampulla of Vater has been encouraging.